American student jailed but later cleared of Briton's murder in Italy says police made her wrongly implicate Patrick Lumumba
Amanda Knox, the American woman cleared in October 2011 of murder by an Italian court, has asked an appeals court there to overturn her slander conviction as well.
Knox family spokesman David Marriott said it was not immediately clear when the appeals court, based in Perugia, would consider that appeal or issue a ruling.
He said the appeal was filed with the court on Monday morning by Italian lawyers for Knox, who remains in the US.
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