Originally convicted in 2009 and sentenced to more than 25 years in jail, a retrial cleared Knox and Sollecito in 2011, however an appeal for a retrial was granted early last year, leading to last month’s reinstatement of the guilty verdicts.
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Amanda Knox has been convicted twice and cleared once of the murder of Meredith Kercher
Kercher, a 21-year-old Leeds University student from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found with her throat slashed in the bedroom of the house she shared with Knox in Perugia, central Italy, in November 2007. Prosecutors claimed she was the victim of a drug-fuelled sex game gone awry.
Knox, who has consistently protested her innocence and did not attend the retrial after claiming she could not afford to travel to Italy, has now been offered $20,000 (around £12,000) to star in a porn film by Monarchy Distribution, plus a quarter of all DVD and web sales.
“Since you came back into the headlines, our loyal fan base has been emailing us non-stop asking about you.”
“This is a great opportunity for you to make some money to put towards finishing your education and also future legal costs to help with this unfortunate retrial.”
British student Meredith Kercher, 21, is found murdered in the Perugia, Italy apartment she shares with 20-year-old Amanda Knox, an American student. Post-mortem examination reveals evidence of sexual activity before death. This undated file photo released on Nov. 3, 2007 by the Italian Police shows 21-year-old murdered British university student Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Italian Police, ho, file) (credit:AP )
Nov 6, 2007 (02 of18)
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Knox and 23-year-old boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (right) are arrested. Knox's boss, 38-year-old bar owner Patrick Lumumba, is also arrested after revealing he'd canceled Knox's shift the night Kercher is murdered. This photo taken Friday Nov. 2, 2007, and made available on Thursday Nov. 8, 2007 shows Amanda Marie Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, looking on outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead, in Perugia, Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File) (credit:AP )
Nov. 20, 2007(03 of18)
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Lumumba is released from jail for lack of evidence after Knox implicates him to police.Congolese Patrick Lumumba Diya (R) with his lawyer Carlo Pacelli leaves the police headquaters in Perugia, 20 November 2007. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Dec. 6, 2007(04 of18)
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20-year-old drug dealer and Ivory Coast national Rudy Hermann Guede becomes a third suspect. He is extradited from Germany and taken into custody upon his arriving in Italy.Ivory Coast citizen Rudy Hermann Guede arrives at Rome's Fiumicino airport, 06 December 2007 after being extradited from Germany where he was arrested last 20 November. (TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Oct. 28, 2008(05 of18)
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Judge indicts Knox and Sollecito on murder and sexual assault charges. Guede, who was granted a fast-track trial, is convicted of murder and sexual assault and sentenced to 30 years in prison after confessing to being in the house on the night of the murder. He maintains his innocence, instead blaming an Italian stranger for the crime.Rudy Hermann Guede, of the Ivory Coast, center, is escorted by penitentiary police officers as he arrives at the opening of his appeal's trial in a Perugia court, central Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici) (credit:AP )
Sept. 26, 2008(06 of18)
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Knox and Sollecito meet in court for the first time since their arrests. In this Sept. 26, 2008 file photo, American murder suspect Amanda Knox , center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia's court at the end of a hearing, central Italy. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, files) (credit:AP )
Jan. 16, 2009(07 of18)
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Knox and Sollecito's trial begins in Perugia.Amanda Knox smiles to her lawyer Luciano Ghirga as she arrives at Perugia's court, Italy, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
March 6, 2009(08 of18)
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After claiming she was pressured to name a suspect, Knox tells the court she was at Sollecito's house when Kercher's murder took place. American murder suspect Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers from Perugia's court after a hearing, central Italy, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (credit:AP )
June 12, 2009(09 of18)
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Knox takes the stand, telling the court she was shocked by Kercher's death. She offers the alibi that she spent that night at her boyfriend's house and accuses police of beating her into making false statement.Amanda Knox, accused of killing her British housemate two-years ago, takes place in the courtroom on June 12, 2009 in Peruggia. (TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Nov. 21, 2009 (10 of18)
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Italian prosecutors request life sentences for both Knox and Sollecito.U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox reacts during a hearing at Perugia's court, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP )
Dec. 4, 2009 (11 of18)
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Jury retires to consider verdicts. Both defendants are found guilty. Knox is sentenced to 26 years in prison, while Sollecito receives 25 years.U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox is accompanied to a penitentiary police van as she leaves the court after a final hearing before the verdict, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) (credit:AP )
Dec. 22, 2009(12 of18)
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Guede's conviction is upheld by appeals court, though his sentence is cut to 16 years.In this Dec. 22, 2009, file photo, Rudy Hermann Guede of Ivory Coast, looks on during his appeals trial in Perugia, Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici) (credit:AP)
June 1, 2010 (13 of18)
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Knox is indicted on slander charges for claiming she was beaten by police when questioned in 2007 about her roommate's slaying. Jailed U.S. student Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by police as she arrives for a preliminary hearing in Perugia, Italy, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Troccoli) (credit:AP)
Nov. 24, 2010 (14 of18)
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Knox and Sollecito's appeals trial begins in Perugia.U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by a penitentiary guard, prior to the start of a hearing in her appeals trial in the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, in Perugia's courthouse, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
Dec. 16. 2010(15 of18)
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Guede's conviction and 16-year prison sentence are upheld by Italy's highest criminal court.One of the three suspects in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, Rudy Guede from the Ivory Coast (C), of the United States, leaves at a court hearing in Perugia on September 27, 2008. (TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
June 29, 2011(16 of18)
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The appeals court orders an independent forensic report, which questions much of the DNA evidence used in convicting Knox and Sollecito.Amanda Knox (L) looks Raffaele Sollecito (R) as she arrives in Perugia's court of Appeal during the hearing of her appeal against her murder conviction on June 27, 2011 in Perugia, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Oct. 3, 2011(17 of18)
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The appeals court overturns the murder convictions of Knox and Sollecito and orders their immediate release.Amanda Knox breaks down in tears after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court on October 3, 2011 in Perugia, Italy. (Photo by Pier Paolo Cito - Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
March 26, 2013(18 of18)
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Italy's highest criminal court orders a new trial after overturning the previous acquittal of Knox and Sollecito.Luciano Ghirga, lawyer of Amanda Knox, center, talks to journalists as he leaves Italy's Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)