Knox dad invites freed boyfriend
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October 8, 2011, Saturday
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AMANDA Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, who was acquitted along with her of murdering a British student, has been invited to visit the American woman's family in Seattle, a lawyer for the young man said yesterday.
Luca Maori, who defended Sollecito in the appeals trial, said Curt Knox, father of 24-year-old Amanda, has invited Sollecito and his family to come to the US city. He said his client will eventually take up the offer.
"But now Raffaele needs to get back on his feet and resume a normal life," Maori said. "He is afraid to go out" of his family home in southern Italy.
Sollecito, now 27, had just begun dating Knox, a former University of Washington student, in Perugia in 2007 when Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher, was stabbed to death. The three were all students in the Umbrian university town. Knox and Sollecito denied all wrongdoing.
Until a Perugia appeals court acquitted him this week, he was serving a 25-year sentence imposed in 2009 by a lower court. Knox was serving 26 years.
Sollecito will probably go to Seattle, Knox's home town, "by the end of the year," Maori said, adding: "Raffaele is still quite shaken."
Besides receiving old friends, Sollecito is "eating a lot of fish," he said. The family home is in Puglia, a coastal region renowned for fresh fish.
Unlike Knox, whose imprisonment drew heavy media coverage, Sollecito's plight was largely ignored by the press. Even the Italian media focused more on her than on him.
Luca Maori, who defended Sollecito in the appeals trial, said Curt Knox, father of 24-year-old Amanda, has invited Sollecito and his family to come to the US city. He said his client will eventually take up the offer.
"But now Raffaele needs to get back on his feet and resume a normal life," Maori said. "He is afraid to go out" of his family home in southern Italy.
Sollecito, now 27, had just begun dating Knox, a former University of Washington student, in Perugia in 2007 when Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher, was stabbed to death. The three were all students in the Umbrian university town. Knox and Sollecito denied all wrongdoing.
Until a Perugia appeals court acquitted him this week, he was serving a 25-year sentence imposed in 2009 by a lower court. Knox was serving 26 years.
Sollecito will probably go to Seattle, Knox's home town, "by the end of the year," Maori said, adding: "Raffaele is still quite shaken."
Besides receiving old friends, Sollecito is "eating a lot of fish," he said. The family home is in Puglia, a coastal region renowned for fresh fish.
Unlike Knox, whose imprisonment drew heavy media coverage, Sollecito's plight was largely ignored by the press. Even the Italian media focused more on her than on him.
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