<p>Amanda Knox fiercely defended teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who was found not guilty last month on all charges related to a fatal shooting that took place in August 2020.</p>
<p>Knox, an American, was wrongful convicted and imprisoned for the murder of her roommate while studying in Italy.</p>
<p>“The Kyle Rittenhouse trial, I think I have a sort of an unpopular opinion from – I run in liberal circles and I do a lot of social justice, but I do think people really wanted Kyle Rittenhouse to be a villain,&#8221; Knox told host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday (see video, below).</p>
<p>&#8220;A lot of people weren&#8217;t willing to take the evidence of the case seriously. Instead [they] were trying to convict him based upon their interpretation of his character,” she added.</p>
<p>Knox asserted that it was &#8220;radically, radically irresponsible of the prosecutor to charge him with murder in the first place.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This was not a murder case,&#8221; Knox said, adding that Rittenhouse had a right to defend himself. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t like the self-defense law you can go to your legislature and say you don&#8217;t believe in self-defense,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Knox also called out the &#8220;character assassination&#8221; of the teen, and noted that much of the information, false or true, was &#8220;irrelevant&#8221; to his innocence.</p>
<p>&#8220;There was so much focus on irrelevant information and character assassination instead of the specific actions that led up to this tragic moment,&#8221; she told Kelly. &#8220;Which isn’t to say that Kyle Rittenhouse should be celebrated as a hero either because that’s again playing him as a political football.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s kid who made a mistake but he doesn&#8217;t deserve to spend the rest of his in prison for it,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Kelly noted of the smears against Rittenhouse, specifically the false claims that he is a &#8220;white supremacist.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Talk about poisoning the jury pool,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;It was a lie.&#8221;</p>
<p>At some point, Kelly said, you need to &#8220;show me the evidence, and if they cannot, we as a responsible society have to move on.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="cue style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer" role="button">&#8220;Absolutely,&#8221; Knox agreed. &#8220;And also I would say that like, whether or not he [Rittenhouse] knows that he was doing an okay sign or a white supremacist sign is ultimately irrelevant. In the same way that like if I were a professional dominatrix at the time that Meredith was murdered, it also would not have made a difference. It&#8217;s irrelevant to the question of whether or not he&#8217;s guilty of murder.&#8221;</p>
<p>Weeks ago, Rittenhouse was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-interview-asked-about-future-in-politics-talks-possible-name-change-beard">acquitted</a> by a jury on all charges against him related to a deadly riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Appearing in a teaser clip for a documentary from Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Rittenhouse said the jury “reached the right verdict.”</p>
<p>“Self-defense is not illegal, and I believe they came to the correct verdict, and I’m glad that everything went well. &#8230; It’s been a rough journey, but we made it through it,” the 18-year-old said. “We made it through the hard part.”</p>
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<p>WATCH:</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Amanda Knox on the &quot;Character Assassination&quot; of Kyle Rittenhouse | The Megyn Kelly Show" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bf339KAnzRU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amanda-knox-slams-stillwater-for-appropriating-her-life-story-without-consent">Amanda Knox Slams ‘Stillwater’ For Appropriating Her Life Story Without Consent</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prosecutors-laptop-had-video-compression-software-handbrake-rittenhouse-links-to-withheld-evidence">Prosecutor’s Laptop Had Video Compression Software Handbrake, Rittenhouse Links To Withheld Evidence</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rittenhouse-prosecution-admits-they-sent-different-video-to-defense-team-blames-witness-email">WATCH: Rittenhouse Prosecution Admits They Sent Different Video To Defense Team, Blames Witness’ Email</a></strong></p>

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