
Seventeen years after being accused of killing her British roommate, Amanda Knox returned to an Italian court to face a slander charge that has lingered despite her exoneration in the murder case. Knox, now a mother of two, was reconvicted of slander for falsely accusing an innocent man of the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher. This legal battle has been a persistent stain on Knox's record, even after being cleared of the murder.