Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld the conviction of American Amanda Knox for slander in a case related to the murder of her British flatmate in 2007, the final act in a legal drama lasting almost two decades.

The 37-year-old was fighting to clear her name after being convicted of falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner of murdering her British roommate in 2007.

Italy's Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon upheld Amanda Knox's criminal conviction for slandering her former boss, Patrick Lumumba, nearly two decades ago.

Italy's highest court is deciding whether to uphold her 2024 slander conviction for falsely accusing a bar owner of murdering her roommate in 2007.

Italy’s highest court confirms slander conviction for Amanda Knox for accusing innocent man in flatmate’s 2007 murder

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court confirms slander conviction for Amanda Knox for accusing innocent man in flatmate’s 2007 murder.

Amanda Knox’s notorious legal saga has finally come to an end after nearly 20 years, though not in the way she was hoping.

Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld the slander conviction of American defendant Amanda Knox in a case related to the sensationalized 2007 murder

"I can tell you that I have never been put in a position of doubting my own sanity like I was in the hands of those police officers," Knox tells Reason.

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

Italy's supreme Cassation Court late on Thursday upheld the remaining conviction against Amanda Knox, an American citizen who was jailed and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British flatmate Meredith Kercher.