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11. Good for her -- I'll pre-order a copy on Amaazon as soon as it's available

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 10:47 AM

Feb 2012

I know the Midnight Express guy, Billy Hayes, wrote the book and sold the movie rights so as to pay back his family, who has bankrupted themselves for his legal fees. I know Knox's grandmother used her entire retirement savings, and her parents and stepparents also tapped out everything for her legal fees. I'm sure they'll be enough left over for her to finish her education.

Goodness knows she should get something from her ordeal.

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Amanda Knox signs book deal with HarperCollins [View all] dipsydoodle Feb 2012 OP

She has earned the right to do so bluestateguy Feb 2012 #1

I totally agree. I hope it's a best seller. Booster Feb 2012 #2

+1 obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #12

I dunno know. To me it's like blood money and bringing up nightmares again. But I guess she southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #3

Uh...maybe Rudy Guede? regnaD kciN Feb 2012 #4

Oh, I forgot about him. Your right. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #5

We were meant to forget about him. DCKit Feb 2012 #6

The appeal was based on Knox's conviction : not Rudy Guede's guilt. dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #7

All I know that my heart goes out to the one family that lost a great deal and will never find southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #8

Agree with you wholeheartedly dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #9

Thanks southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #10

With all due respect, pot and hash doesn't make one a murderer obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #15

Then why couldn't she and her boyfriend remember anything. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #22

Because they weren't there! pnwmom Feb 2012 #27

Goodness. She is there one time then she isn't the next time. No wonder things turned out the way southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #30

What are you talking about? She consistently said that she was at the cottage pnwmom Feb 2012 #33

I didn't follow the case closely. That is all I meant. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #34

I didn't either for the first two years. But I have since 2009. pnwmom Feb 2012 #35

All I know that my heart goes out to the one family that lost a great deal and will never find southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #36

Meredith's father, John Kercher, has a book to be released here in April, pnwmom Feb 2012 #37

Amanda and Raffaele weren't there, so there was nothing they could do to help Meredith. pnwmom Feb 2012 #26

If they find for the prosecution it won't make the book a travesty. pnwmom Feb 2012 #25

His DNA was also inside Meredith obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #14

Don't be ridiculous dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #16

No, he did NOT plead guilty either to sexual assault OR murder. pnwmom Feb 2012 #28

Their daughter's confessed murderer and rapist is in prison obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #13

Will we get the true and actual account what really happened that night? Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #21

It is blood money; Knox had something to do with it. Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #19

There was no substantive evidence showing she had anything to do with it. pnwmom Feb 2012 #29

Good for her -- I'll pre-order a copy on Amaazon as soon as it's available obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #11

Funny how "obamanut"s always go for the "Knox is completely innocent" line Nihil Feb 2012 #17

What does your post even mean? obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #18

Good for HER? She got what she deserved, she should be behind bars. Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #20

Interesting UnseenUndergrad Feb 2012 #24

You obviously paid a lot more attention to tabloid rumors pnwmom Feb 2012 #31

The movie rights alone could be a fortune. CTyankee Feb 2012 #23

Hope so. She does have a very good attorney/agent handling this, from what I've heard. n/t pnwmom Feb 2012 #32

I hope she will give part of her benefits to people who need it. Mass Feb 2012 #38

What about all the other folks that have written or will write books about the case onenote Feb 2012 #39

Absolutely. Not singling her out, but I do not see threads here talking about these other people. Mass Feb 2012 #40