Monday, October 3, 2011

Amanda Knox is going back to 'normal' after four years in the public eye

Knox in 2006, a year before the murder of her roommate
How will Knox adjust to her old life after her horrifying reality has been broadcast around the world for so long?

"Amanda Knox is free," an Italian court said today. Knox and her family are in Rome and are expected to fly home to Seattle within hours.

Knox today after she was freed
Knox, the victim of a botched investigation, shaky evidence, and a corrupt prosecutor, has been unwittingly thrust into the public eye as a trial and then an appeal has dragged on seemingly endlessly in Perugia, Italy. Are there parallels here between this young woman forced to live her life in the public eye against her will, and other young people who have been forced to live their lives on reality T.V.?

Family members say Knox is not even aware of the full extent of the media coverage and they want to protect her from it. How will this young woman adjust not only to life back in the United States, but the barrage of media that is not likely to go away anytime soon?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/03/world/europe/knox-obsession-continues/index.html