Amanda Knox's Ex-Boyfriend Is Denied Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation

Amanda Knox's former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito has reportedly been denied compensation by Italian courts.

According to the Italian publication Ansa, which was picked up by True Crimes Podcasts judges refused Sollecito's request for 500,000 Euros (about $532,000 American dollars) for alleged "wrongful imprisonment."

In a recent British TV interview, Sollecito, 32, said he felt he deserved the money for wrongfully being put in prison over the death of English college student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy.

The sensational crime happened in 2007 and Knox and Sollecito spent almost four years in Italian prisons before they were both acquitted at a second level trial. In 2015, the Italian Supreme Court found both Knox and Sollecito innocent of the crime and they were released. 

Knox, now 29, has written a book about her ordeal and last year, she appeared on a Netflix documentary.

Meanwhile, as RadarOnline.com reported last month, Sollecito has gotten into hot water by joking about the famous murder case on secret online groups.

He was caught making lurid remarks to private Facebook groups on how to cover-up a gruesome scenes. One user asked Sollecito, "Master, teach me to cancel traces of a murder, as I have a couple of things to solve."

Sollecito wrote back on the group's platform: "It's easy: s*** on it and nobody will come near the scene!"

According to reports, Sollecito received $73,000 in U.S. dollars from the Italian government to start an internet business. He has published two books and has spent most of his time traveling around Italy giving talks.