--- description: Raffaele Sollecito says he does "not yet feel a complete sense of freedom" after the Italian Supreme Court annulled a guilty sentencing title: Amanda Knox's Ex Says 'Part of Me Is Destroyed' After Legal Battle image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68fef090ad5b1852/698785f8a988ca0f016ad294/raffaele-sollecito.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amanda Knox's Ex Says 'Part of Me Is Destroyed' After Legal Battle  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 10:22 PM CUT  Raffaele Sollecito talks to the media during a press conference in Rome, March 30, 2015. Raffaele Sollecito talks to the media during a press conference in Rome, March 30, 2015.Andrew Medichin—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 10:22 PM CUT Raffaele Sollecito, the ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox whose name was recently cleared by an Italian court in the 2007 death of Knox’s roommate, says he will [“never be the same.”](http://www.people.com/article/raffaele-sollecito-speaks-amanda-knox-verdict "undefined") “At times, I realize that I do not yet feel a complete sense of freedom,” the 31-year-old told _PEOPLE_. “I was trapped in this for so long that now I won’t be able to switch back to how my life was before. Part of me will never be the same. Part of me is destroyed.” In a surprise ruling on Friday, the Italian Supreme Court reversed the sentencing of Sollecito and Knox, who were previously found guilty in the death of Meredith Kercher, a British student. The decision ended a nearly eight-year legal battle that included four years in prison, a successful appeal that was later overturned by the Supreme Court, a retrial and a second guilty verdict by another appellate court. Another man whom forensic evidence linked to the crime scene, Rudy Guede, was convicted separately and is still in jail. [Read more at _PEOPLE_.](http://www.people.com/article/raffaele-sollecito-speaks-amanda-knox-verdict "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3764443/raffaele-sollecito-amanda-knox/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3764443/raffaele-sollecito-amanda-knox/"},"headline":"Amanda Knox's Ex Says 'Part of Me Is Destroyed' After Legal Battle","datePublished":"2015-03-30T22:22:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:33:41.000Z","description":"Raffaele Sollecito says he does \"not yet feel a complete sense of freedom\" after his conviction was reversed","url":"https://time.com/3764443/raffaele-sollecito-amanda-knox/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68fef090ad5b1852/698785f8a988ca0f016ad294/raffaele-sollecito.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68fef090ad5b1852/698785f8a988ca0f016ad294/raffaele-sollecito.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Raffaele Sollecito","caption":"Raffaele Sollecito","creditText":"Andrew Medichin—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3764443/raffaele-sollecito-amanda-knox/","name":"Amanda Knox's Ex Says 'Part of Me Is Destroyed' After Legal Battle"}}]}] ```