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Wholesome Seattle Girl or Foxy Knoxy?

Times explores 'calculating,' 'quirky' sides of Amanda Knox

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Jan 13, 2008 10:31 AM CST

(Newser) – She claims to be “a girl of 20, who came to Perugia to learn Italian,” but on her blog, Amanda Knox—accused by Italian police of sexually abusing and murdering British student Meredith Kercher, 21—more aptly nicknamed herself "Foxy Knoxy." The Times of London reports on the divide between the wholesome Seattle girl she says she is and the wild side she might've overly indulged in Italy.

Police call Knox “calculating” and a “shameless liar,” and suspect her of helping rape and murder flatmate Kercher last November, though Knox hasn't been charged. "Amanda’s only thought is seeking pleasure in every moment," says fellow suspect and ex-beau Raffaele Sollecito, while Knox herself told an Italian newspaper, "I did things that now I think were wrong," citing "my enthusiasm for life."

Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivory Coast native who has been detained in the slaying of British college student Meredith Kercher in Perugia central Italy, is held by Italian police officers as he arrives from prison in Germany to Rome's Fiumicino airport, Thursday Dec. 6, 2007. Guede who was arrested and...
Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivory Coast native who has been detained in the slaying of British college student Meredith Kercher in Perugia central Italy, is held by Italian police officers as he arrives from...   (Associated Press)
Amanda Marie Knox outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead Friday, in Perugia, Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Marie Knox outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead Friday, in Perugia, Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)   (Associated Press)
This photo released by the Italian Police, shows 22-year-old British university student Meredith Kercher, who was found dead Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 with her throat slashed in the bedroom of a house in the Umbrian town of Perugia.
This photo released by the Italian Police, shows 22-year-old British university student Meredith Kercher, who was found dead Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 with her throat slashed in the bedroom of a house in the...   (Associated Press)
Police officers inspect the house where British student Meredith Kercher was killed last Friday, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. An American woman who traveled to Italy to comfort her daughter following the slaying of her roommate was told during the journey that her daughter was being detained as a suspect, officials...
Police officers inspect the house where British student Meredith Kercher was killed last Friday, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. An American woman who traveled to Italy to comfort her daughter following the...   (Associated Press)
Amanda Knox got her first hearing in Italy to determine if she will be charged with the murder of Meredith Kercher, reports Allen Pizzey. The case could take five years if brought to trial.
Amanda Knox got her first hearing in Italy to determine if she will be charged with the murder of Meredith Kercher, reports Allen Pizzey. The case could take five years if brought to trial.   (CBS)
Luciano Ghirga, the defense lawyer of jailed American suspect Amanda Knox, looks on outside Perugia's Capanne jail, Italy, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. Knox, a suspect in the slaying of British student Meredith Kercher, continued to insist Monday that she was not involved, lawyers said. Kercher's body, was discovered in a...
Luciano Ghirga, the defense lawyer of jailed American suspect Amanda Knox, looks on outside Perugia's Capanne jail, Italy, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. Knox, a suspect in the slaying of British student Meredith...   (Associated Press)
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