Amanda Knox
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One of the big stories in it is how I then developed a relationship with my prosecutor, which I think you'll probably be in the camp of people of thinking that I'm utterly insane for having done that.
I just remember that when we talked about this back in the day, you were like this motherfucker.
I just remember that when we talked about this back in the day, you were like this motherfucker.
I just remember that when we talked about this back in the day, you were like this motherfucker.
Friend is an interesting word. What is a friend? Someone else asked me that. I was like, it depends on what you mean by friend. And they said, well, do you trust him? And I said, well... I think that at the point that we are now in our relationship, I do trust him. I trust that he's telling me the truth about what he really thinks and feels about the situation.
Friend is an interesting word. What is a friend? Someone else asked me that. I was like, it depends on what you mean by friend. And they said, well, do you trust him? And I said, well... I think that at the point that we are now in our relationship, I do trust him. I trust that he's telling me the truth about what he really thinks and feels about the situation.
Friend is an interesting word. What is a friend? Someone else asked me that. I was like, it depends on what you mean by friend. And they said, well, do you trust him? And I said, well... I think that at the point that we are now in our relationship, I do trust him. I trust that he's telling me the truth about what he really thinks and feels about the situation.
So I feel like I have very privileged, special access to the mind of the person who put me in prison. And that is a very interesting thing. Awkward, but also empowering place for me to be because one of the things that really bothered me about this experience was not understanding why it happened to me.
So I feel like I have very privileged, special access to the mind of the person who put me in prison. And that is a very interesting thing. Awkward, but also empowering place for me to be because one of the things that really bothered me about this experience was not understanding why it happened to me.
So I feel like I have very privileged, special access to the mind of the person who put me in prison. And that is a very interesting thing. Awkward, but also empowering place for me to be because one of the things that really bothered me about this experience was not understanding why it happened to me.
Why did this man look at a 20 year old girl with no criminal history, no motivation to commit this crime? Why did he look at me and think there's my rapist and murderer? And I didn't understand it. And I didn't feel like demonizing him in my mind or vilifying him in my mind was going to actually give me a satisfying answer as to the why of it all.
Why did this man look at a 20 year old girl with no criminal history, no motivation to commit this crime? Why did he look at me and think there's my rapist and murderer? And I didn't understand it. And I didn't feel like demonizing him in my mind or vilifying him in my mind was going to actually give me a satisfying answer as to the why of it all.
Why did this man look at a 20 year old girl with no criminal history, no motivation to commit this crime? Why did he look at me and think there's my rapist and murderer? And I didn't understand it. And I didn't feel like demonizing him in my mind or vilifying him in my mind was going to actually give me a satisfying answer as to the why of it all.
A lot of people said, well, it's just because he's a bad dude. He doesn't care what the truth is. He's just covering his ass. Like these were all really simplistic ways of framing his motivations. And I didn't really buy them. So instead, what I was interested in was going to the source and confronting him. asking why.
A lot of people said, well, it's just because he's a bad dude. He doesn't care what the truth is. He's just covering his ass. Like these were all really simplistic ways of framing his motivations. And I didn't really buy them. So instead, what I was interested in was going to the source and confronting him. asking why.
A lot of people said, well, it's just because he's a bad dude. He doesn't care what the truth is. He's just covering his ass. Like these were all really simplistic ways of framing his motivations. And I didn't really buy them. So instead, what I was interested in was going to the source and confronting him. asking why.
But to ask someone, why did you hurt me, which I think is a really common thing that people who have been hurt want to know is they want an acknowledgement that they've been hurt and they want to understand why and they they want to know if that person is not going to hurt them anymore or not going to hurt other people like that's really common for people who have been hurt.
But to ask someone, why did you hurt me, which I think is a really common thing that people who have been hurt want to know is they want an acknowledgement that they've been hurt and they want to understand why and they they want to know if that person is not going to hurt them anymore or not going to hurt other people like that's really common for people who have been hurt.
But to ask someone, why did you hurt me, which I think is a really common thing that people who have been hurt want to know is they want an acknowledgement that they've been hurt and they want to understand why and they they want to know if that person is not going to hurt them anymore or not going to hurt other people like that's really common for people who have been hurt.
The challenge is that people who hurt other people don't like to be confronted with that fact. And so how do you start a conversation that's not going to immediately become adversarial? And that was one of my biggest challenges. But I came up with this methodology that actually became so important to me that I tattooed it on my arm. So this is it. There are four steps.