NEW : Hada Messia implores judges `` to really look at reality '' He is not a witness and any statement would not be under oath . Amanda Knox 's former boyfriend He and CNN were acquitted in last year , but the case is back before an appeals court . Knox has stayed in Italy ; she says she 's afraid to return to the United States .
NEW : Hada Messia implores judges `` to really look at reality '' He is not a witness and any statement would not be under oath . He and CNN were acquitted in last year , but the case is back before an appeals court . Knox has stayed in Italy ; she says she 's afraid to return to the United States .