Raffaele Sollecito: where is he now and what is his connection to Amanda Knox?
19 august 2025 в 19:37
Everyone who has ever heard of Amanda Knox remembers the media storm she was caught in after being wrongfully convicted of the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. Her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito faced the same charges, and was also accused, convicted, imprisoned, and acquitted for the murder along with Knox from Seattle, Washington. After Knox shared her story, many wonder where Sollecito is now and what the nature of his relationship with her is currently.
It turns out that Sollecito and Knox remained friends after their romance fizzled out during the trial. The engineer said they wrote notes to each other almost every week while in prison for four years, he told Katie Couric in 2012.
«I was a bit stuck. I was nervous», - Sollecito said about meeting Knox after their acquittal in 2011. Before seeing Knox again, Sollecito feared she would be like a «ghost», - that her appearance «would bring about a nightmare image in my mind» of prison confinement. He ignored advice from family and friends to leave Knox during the trial, and upon seeing her again outside of prison, Sollecito said, «When she hugged me, I realized she is not my ghost, my nightmare».
At the time, Sollecito told Couric that he and Knox maintained contact via email and Skype. And when asked if he regrets ever meeting Knox, he replied, «No. It’s not her fault. It’s the fault of the detectives».
So where is Sollecito now, and are he and Knox still friends to this day? Here’s everything we know about his life now.
In October 2007, just a few weeks before Kercher’s death, Knox met Sollecito at a concert. He was 23, and Knox was 20.
Knox and Sollecito dated for only about nine days before their legal trial began in November 2007.
Knox and Sollecito were accused of sexually assaulting and murdering Kercher. They were convicted in December 2009, with Sollecito sentenced to 25 years in prison and Knox to 26 years.
In October 2011, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted, but an appeal was still filed against them by prosecutors who wanted a life sentence for the former couple. In March 2015, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of murder by the Supreme Court of Cassation, which found them innocent.
Sollecito now lives away from the public eye. He studied computer science and worked as a computer engineer. In 2012, he published his book «Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox».
According to the book’s synopsis on Amazon, Sollecito’s work «is filled with family drama, wild twists of fate, and a detailed account of the legal catastrophe as it unfolded».
«With stunning candor, Raffaele shares intimate details of his evolving relationship with Amanda — from heady romance to grueling police interrogations», - the description reads. «For the next four years, Raffaele was Amanda’s only solid alibi for the night of the murder. He faced unrelenting pressure — from his own family and lawyers, as well as from the police and prosecution — to change his testimony and stop guaranteeing for her. But he didn’t. He refused to testify against her to save his own skin, because he knew she would be lost forever».
The memoir also describes Sollecito’s «uncompromising honesty» about his experience when faced with «wild accusations portraying him as a drug addict, porn addict, and reckless thrill-seeker». The book also details the «everyday hell of prison life» for Sollecito and his first meeting with Knox after their release from prison.
Knox is an author, journalist, and activist. After returning home from Italy, she graduated from the University of Washington and published her first book «Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir» in 2013. She started a podcast called «The Truth About True Crime» and,
It turns out that Sollecito and Knox remained friends after their romance fizzled out during the trial. The engineer said they wrote notes to each other almost every week while in prison for four years, he told Katie Couric in 2012.
«I was a bit stuck. I was nervous», - Sollecito said about meeting Knox after their acquittal in 2011. Before seeing Knox again, Sollecito feared she would be like a «ghost», - that her appearance «would bring about a nightmare image in my mind» of prison confinement. He ignored advice from family and friends to leave Knox during the trial, and upon seeing her again outside of prison, Sollecito said, «When she hugged me, I realized she is not my ghost, my nightmare».
At the time, Sollecito told Couric that he and Knox maintained contact via email and Skype. And when asked if he regrets ever meeting Knox, he replied, «No. It’s not her fault. It’s the fault of the detectives».
So where is Sollecito now, and are he and Knox still friends to this day? Here’s everything we know about his life now.
In October 2007, just a few weeks before Kercher’s death, Knox met Sollecito at a concert. He was 23, and Knox was 20.
Knox and Sollecito dated for only about nine days before their legal trial began in November 2007.
Knox and Sollecito were accused of sexually assaulting and murdering Kercher. They were convicted in December 2009, with Sollecito sentenced to 25 years in prison and Knox to 26 years.
In October 2011, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted, but an appeal was still filed against them by prosecutors who wanted a life sentence for the former couple. In March 2015, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of murder by the Supreme Court of Cassation, which found them innocent.
Sollecito now lives away from the public eye. He studied computer science and worked as a computer engineer. In 2012, he published his book «Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox».
According to the book’s synopsis on Amazon, Sollecito’s work «is filled with family drama, wild twists of fate, and a detailed account of the legal catastrophe as it unfolded».
«With stunning candor, Raffaele shares intimate details of his evolving relationship with Amanda — from heady romance to grueling police interrogations», - the description reads. «For the next four years, Raffaele was Amanda’s only solid alibi for the night of the murder. He faced unrelenting pressure — from his own family and lawyers, as well as from the police and prosecution — to change his testimony and stop guaranteeing for her. But he didn’t. He refused to testify against her to save his own skin, because he knew she would be lost forever».
The memoir also describes Sollecito’s «uncompromising honesty» about his experience when faced with «wild accusations portraying him as a drug addict, porn addict, and reckless thrill-seeker». The book also details the «everyday hell of prison life» for Sollecito and his first meeting with Knox after their release from prison.
Knox is an author, journalist, and activist. After returning home from Italy, she graduated from the University of Washington and published her first book «Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir» in 2013. She started a podcast called «The Truth About True Crime» and,
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