An American girl has been accused of murdering a female roommate in Italy after some kinky sex games which resulted in the roommate being stabbed several times (about as sexy as bathing Joan Rivers). She’s responded by smiling, chit-chatting, and generally being kind of a douchebag in Italian court.

She grins and chats. On Valentine’s Day, she sported a T-shirt that read “All You Need Is Love.” And one of the first things she said in court was about a rabbit shaped sex toy.

Amanda Knox faces life in prison if convicted of killing Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student who was her roommate in this picturesque university town. However, her breezy behavior in hearings over the last three months has set tongues wagging in Italy and abroad.

In recent addresses to the court, Knox spoke in Italian and sounded confident, even in her first public statement when she casually explained the presence of a pink rabbit-shaped vibrator in her Perugia house, saying it was “a joke” and a present from a friend.

In a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press, Knox’s family described the American as “generally a positive person,” who tries to “see something positive in everybody and every situation.”

“When she comes to the courtroom, she is generally happy to see familiar faces,” the statement said. “The media seems more interested in what she’s wearing or how she acts for brief moments … than in the lack of evidence against her or her respectful, attentive manner during the court proceedings.”

“Her behavior has never been adequate, given the seriousness of what happened,” lawyer Francesco Maresca, who represents [the roommate]’s family, said Wednesday. “I criticize a superficial and inappropriate behavior. There’s a girl who died brutally, we could use some respect.”

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