Knox was appealing a 2024 conviction for falsely accusing her former boss of murdering her roommate, an assertion she made under aggressive police questioning.

An American who was convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British housemate, Ms. Knox was found guilty of falsely accusing someone else of the crime.

Italy’s highest court has confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder, a sensational case that polarized trial