Amanda Knox , 27 , and her family have been left in financial difficulties by the fight to clear her name . Biographer Douglas Preston claims the Seattle native now suffers PTSD . Claims that the Knox family have used up the $ 4 million advance she got for autobiography . He says that despite being declared innocent last month the victory was bittersweet . In late March , Knox , 27 , and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted of murder of Meredith Kercher in November 2007 . Pair were convicted of murder in 2014 , before being acquitted in October 2011 and reconvicted in December 2009 . Spent a total of four years behind bars while they were in Italy .
Amanda Knox , 27 , and her family have been left in financial difficulties by the fight to clear her name . Biographer Douglas Preston claims the Seattle native now suffers PTSD . Claims that the Knox family have used up the $ 4 million advance she got for autobiography . He says that despite being declared innocent last month the victory was bittersweet . In late March , Knox , 27 , and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted of murder of Meredith Kercher in November 2007 . Pair were convicted of murder in December 2009 , before being acquitted in October 2011 and reconvicted in 2014 . Spent a total of four years behind bars while they were in Italy .