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Amanda Knox sells her memoir for $4 million dollars
By Rick PaulasFebruary 16th, 2012, 6:15 pmComments (10)
From 2007 through 2011, Amanda Knox was in a living hell. Accused of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in Italy, her life was a Kafkaesque existence of trials, re-trials, inane accusations of witchcraft and being told she was HIV positive, constantly being berated by prosecutors and judges, with seemingly no one there to stand up for her. So, sure, her freedom from that life and a return back to the comforts of her Seattle home is probably enough to make her happy.
But an extra $4 million dollars certainly doesn't hurt.
According to the New York Times, that's what HarperCollins has spent to acquire the rights to Knox's memoir. Which brings us to today's theoretical: would you spend four years of your life, from age twenty through twenty-four, behind bars for $4 million dollars?
(And listen, no, it's not a one-to-one correlation because there's an awful lot of pain-and-anguish that comes with not knowing if the three years is really going to be the rest of your life. But still. The question is has been asked.)
Commentarium (10 Comments)
Good for her. The way the Italian press slandered her poisoned the jury and an innocent person went to prison.
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/knox_is_no_innocent_AiEwIkzYe0W...
Check out a year-old story that was published before the defense destroyed d the prosecution's case?
I'm Amanda Knox and these are my memoirs. First and foremost, I just want to say I didn't kill Meredith Kercher, (the black guy did) but I was in the room at the time and I did encourage it. (Sorry to her family!) The problem is, and I know this is not politically correct, but the black guy pressured me, and we were all getting high and bouncing off eachother's energy. (By the way, I love people of ALL races, but you know how aggressive black men can be, not to mention, I had smoked a whole bunch of Turkish Hash, we all did). In truth the whole thing started as fun and games, but like a fast car, it quickly got away from us and the black guy was really horny. He told me he was going to fuck one of us, and I was scared plus I never really liked Mededith (she was an uptight bitch from the beginning).....
you have an odd sense of humor.
AK's sense of humour tied to reality. Someone died on her watch, she's not free of its taint.
The real question is surely, "If the defendent wasn't young, female, white and middle-class, would enough people have given a shit to warrant a publisher paying $4 million for the story?"
Sounds like a description of Casey Anthony's? After the books get's covered by the web, who's going to buy it where the publisher makes any money? Must be other stings attached, movie, etc.
"The question is has been asked."
Sounds like some Douglas Adams-ian time travel might have occurred here.
I hope you brought your towel.
Now you say something