She is on a book selling tour. She writes about those very aspects. That's the heart of the book, what should they be asking about?
The heart of the book is that she is innocent and that something terrible happened to her. Imagine, if you will, an interviewer who reads the book, believes the heart of it, and comes into the interview to talk to Amanda about how it felt to be wrongly accused, etc., without naming a single pejorative against her -- just assuming she is as much a victim as the kidnapped women and interviewing her from that point of view.
She doesn't know what happened as well as some people here. She sat in jail for 4 years reading novels. I doubt even people here would like to read and hear only about her jail and court experiences.
She seems to have done the research. Of course, everybody wants to know the details of the interrogation and the arrest, but I believe it can be done without covertly blaming Amanda for it. By the way, I thought the parts about being in prison were the most interesting of the book. I wish she could write a whole book about just that alone.
By asking the questions she gets a chance to clear things up. If she weren't asked it would seem like a cover-up.
My whole point is that she doesn't have to clear things up. These interviews have been too much about getting her to defend the accusations against her, and that should not be her job. She has written her book, so there is no cover-up.
Neither she nor Raf argue that their behavior wasn't odd. She goes on about how immature she was and that she regrets most that she let them manipulate her.
Amanda and Raffaele are saying their behavior was odd because there has been so much pressure on them to say it. They feel partially to blame because that is how victims feel. Amanda did not let the police manipulate her any more than she made them arrest Patrick; she is blaming herself because that's what victims do.
They aren't there and they aren't selling a book. I would love to see Mignini write a book and go on a tour of interviews outside of Italy and England.
The ILE should be taken to task regardless.
Once again this a book tour and I'm sure that HC wants these questions asked. If Amanda didn't want this kind of interviews, she could have self published or taken a much lower advance. I in no way begrudge her the money she is getting and I wouldn't even if she and family hadn't run up all their expenses.
Amanda while a victim isn't a victim in same way as a rape victim. She made self-admitted mistakes that contributed to her ordeal.
Sorry, but I see that as a completely false statement.
Part of the purpose of the book is to let people know that they must be aware and take care of themselves.
It still can be done without further exposing Amanda to emotional trauma.
