Comments on: Friends in High Places?

By: mimi

mimi — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:34:50 +0000

I took an inadvertant survey last week of the preschool class I am working with for the summer. They are 13 boys and 7 girls, age range from 4.5 to 9. Even the youngest agreed that “yucky” was a baby word. (I had used the word, and was swiftly informed that it was passe among the very young and hip).
Edda Mellas is a schoolteacher. I wonder if her work with the young has aided her in infantilising her own child? At any rate, whether or not the Family and Friends believe someone as photogenic as their Amanda could be guilty of even a blatantly racist comment, let alone lethal bodily harm, I’m not convinced they care as much about her innocence as they do about getting her back to her happy-go-lucky shopping days. ( Perhaps mom picked out a nice new toothbrush for her at the prison commissary.)
And does Amanda, who must have more feelings for her loved ones than for her ill-fated flatmate, suffer any guilt for bankrupting her parents? She’ll have to pay them back out of the book deals, I suppose. After she’s done paying the Kerchers, Mr Lumumba, and the suck-ups at the West Seattle Herald…
I wonder when she fell upon the idea of going to Perugia, as she ditched an internship arranged for her by a German uncle. If she had got herself into some other kettle of mischief in Germany, would her family be lambasting the German judicial system, instead? I am guessing not, but I am also conviced she would have acted out in some manner, as you can’t keep a bad girl down.

By: tigger34

tigger34 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:27:11 +0000

I took the time to read the whole blog yesterday and it made my stomach churn. Miss Represented, you do an excellent job of laying out the details and facts. They are clear, concise and easily understood and I appreciate that! I find it amazing that the family cannot even look at this and ask themselves, “could it be possible”? Secondly, I think if they had just let it go (without the PR campaign), this case might not have been tried in the press, it would have stayed in Perugia waiting for a verdict. They really did Amanda a disservice by trying to spin the news from Perugia with a PR campaign. I do love the part where Timothy Egan states that Amanda was educated in a Jesuit environment…….If that isn’t repressed, I don’t know what is!

By: IAMCLUELESS1

IAMCLUELESS1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:16:03 +0000

I LIVE IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON, AND EVERYONE I TALK TO IN SEATTLE THINKS SHE IS GUILTY INCLUDING ME! I AM GLAD THE THE FOA IS FAILING! I FEEL SORRY FOR HER FAMILY AND THE FACT THAT THEY BELEIVE ALL HER LIES!

By: fotomat

fotomat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:19:48 +0000

Hi MR
Curt Knox was quoted as saying its about to reach 7 figures with a fair amount coming from family,friends etc. If anyone with half a brain and a computer would spend a few hours doing research on the topic they would be well inclined to let Curt’s next call to ask for help go directly to voicemail.
The battle between the PR and the legal team is ugly I am sure.In the US this trial would last for a couple weeks at best.The pro bono legal reresentation and PR push would as well but due to ignorance(of the Italian legal system) of everyone involved it has become quite the protracted affair.If efforts are made to continue with the same vigor on through to the October verdict they could easily spend another million.That being said I really don’t believe the Knox’s are getting their moneys worth.They are treating it as though the trial was being held in the US and obviously ignoring the advice of their legal team in Perugia.Amanda taking the stand and speaking in broken Italian did nothing but give the immpression that there was not really a language problem when she was being interrogated and only speaks to her arrogant and cockiness which has been prominently displayed for quite sometime now.

By: Miss Represented

Miss Represented — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:35:34 +0000

Hi Ginny

I think smoking the joint before going to the police station had a lot more to do with nerves than stupidity. This also begs the question: what did Knox and Sollecito have to feel nervous about, especially as they both went of their own free will apparently having done ‘nothing wrong’?

The CSI thing also interested me, though as one of the most highly watched shows in the US it’s statistically more likely that Amanda had seen an episode than not. To mention it as a reference point however seemed odd.

One thing that struck me more than anything was the huge gap between the feisty “will you please let me finish!” Amanda and the “Meredith’s death was yucky, bleurgh” Amanda.

These statements “yucky” and “bleurgh” are avoidant and extremely childlike a HUGE contrast to the previous statments.

I strongly believe Amanda can find no other way to express her feelings about the murder of Meredith and so her statements on it provoke a high stress reaction where her brain takes over and fills her mouth with childlike nonsense words.

Telling indeed but not surprising.

By: ginny

ginny — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:01:55 +0000

I agree Miss R- I thought Amanda came over as arrogant and so arsey towards the interpretter. There were questions she just didn’t answer correctly at all and I don’t remember and was stoned just don’t cut it at this stage.
Besides if the FOA expect us to believe she is an intelligent girl well I cannot believe anyone with half a brain cell would smoke a joint BEFORE going to a police station!! Even if you were going to just hang around I wouldn’t risk them smelling it on me or having any signs that I’d been using illegal substances around people who are trained to do that very thing!!
And her comment about the CSI thing, as I mentioned on Perugia Murder File- her comment about it being slow cos she bled to death and saying she would’ve known this from CSI programs???? Every single film I’ve ever seen with someones throat being slit has shown it to take a matter of seconds. I think she knew it wasn’t that quick and easy because she was there to see Meredith suffer,at least at first. I think they then took her phones and locked her in and hoped by the time they returned she would be dead.

By: Miss Represented

Miss Represented — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:46:47 +0000

Hi fotomat,

I read somewhere that the family (I suspect mostly Curt Knox) have spent close to a million dollars on the PR campaign and legal fees so far so I am inclined to agree that the money is about to run out. There is only so much pro-bono work people like Anne Bremner will do, especially if it casts them in a less than favourable light.

I found Amanda to be pretty cocky on the stand and thought it was a huge mistake for her to testify. I’m sure her lawyers weren’t exactly pleased with the idea but ended up supporting the wishes, rather the the best in interests of their client in doing so.

Amanda’s looks are important to the case, it’s the only reason she’s had so much attention. I can’t imagine the public would be as interested in Amanda if she was an ugly, spotty girl.

By: fotomat

fotomat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:15:53 +0000

Right on target.I believe that the money is running out and so are the supporters.They are starting to see gaping holes in the case and even people with a strong belief in her innocence are going to want some financial reward for the effort on her behalf. Amanda Knox has certainly not proven herself to be the innocent, well spoken,intelligent,grade A student everyone was suppose to come to know. Actually I see quite the opposite,pretty no doubt but looks mean nothing in a murder trial. Thanks for the great blog.