Amanda Knox says she was grilled by cops at Seattle airport
Amanda Knox was stopped by legislation enforcement on the airport, the place officers appeared extra interested in her previous than her passport.
Knox says she was grilled by cops earlier than boarding a flight from Seattle to Eire to advertise her new memoir about life after wrongful imprisonment.
The 37-year-old, who was cleared in 2015 by Italy’s highest court docket of the notorious homicide of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, detailed the awkward interrogation in a now-viral thread on X Wednesday.
“‘Why are you touring?’ ‘What’s your e book about?’ ‘How lengthy have been you in jail?’” she recalled being requested.
Then got here the kicker: “‘What did you do to finish up in jail?’” — to which Knox replied, “‘Really, I didn’t do it.’”
One officer even remarked, “You most likely don’t like police that a lot.” Her reply: “They make me uncomfortable.”
Knox, who now writes and hosts a podcast, stated she informed them her e book is titled “Free: My Seek for Which means” — a memoir about reintegrating into society after spending 4 years in an Italian jail.
Her interrogation ended on a softer word in Dublin, the place a customs officer merely stated, “Good luck.”
Whereas Knox didn’t specify the place the interrogation occurred, the Submit reached out to the one native airport — Seattle–Tacoma Worldwide — for a response.
Knox’s look on Eire’s The Late Late Present touched on her uncommon relationship with former prosecutor Giuliano Mignini — the person who as soon as accused her of a sex-fueled homicide. “He admitted he may have been flawed,” she informed host Patrick Kielty.
In January, Italy’s high court docket re-convicted Knox of slander for wrongfully accusing her former boss, Patrick Lumumba, of murdering Kercher.
Some X customers opined they have been “stunned” Knox would ever go away the states once more after her years of authorized tumult.
“I’ve been again to Italy…” she informed one person.
The Submit didn’t instantly obtain a response from Knox.
