Amanda Knox has lost her bid to overturn a slander conviction in Italy.
The American woman was eventually cleared of the brutal 2007 murder of her flatmate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, in the apartment they shared in the Italian university town of Perugia.
But she was only released, in 2011, after four years in prison in Italy.
The slander conviction for accusing a Congolese bar owner of the murder during an interrogation was the only charge against Ms Knox that withstood five court rulings that ultimately exonerated her.
She had argued in court in Florence this week that her slander conviction should be overturned because of her treatment by police.
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