Amanda Knox Talks to Her Daughter, 3, About Being Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder: 'They Hurt Mommy by Putting Her in Prison'

Amanda Knox has spoken to her 3-year-old daughter about her experience in prison when she was studying abroad in Italy.

“She's 3-years-old already and asking questions,” Knox told Good Morning America. “She wants to know the story of when Mommy went to Italy. I believe in being transparent, I believe in being honest.”

Knox was interviewed ahead of the release of her book Free: My Search For Meaning. Knox was infamously wrongly convicted of the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007. She was eventually freed in 2011 and completely exonerated in 2015.

She told GMA that her daughter Eureka has become curious about her mother’s past and that she has been honest with the 3-year-old.

“I always give her very age-appropriate, honest answers,” Knox said. “And I've told her the story of when mommy went to Italy, how someone hurt her friend and then they hurt mommy by putting her in prison and all of that.”

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“But I think the bigger thing that I want to convey to my kids is not something I can say, it's the way that I can be,” Knox continued. "And I feel like now I can show her what it means to go through the inevitable pains of life but still be in a place of being okay deep down.”

Knox served four years in Italian prison, as did her former boyfriend, Raffaelle Sollecito, who was also wrongly convicted. Both were cleared by Italy’s highest court in 2015.

Knox has been married to Christopher Robinson since 2020. Together they have two children, a daughter and a son.