By Muri Assuncao
New York Daily News
Amanda Knox is once again stirring up all kinds of emotions.
The 32-year-old American journalist and best-selling author made headlines last week after she asked her near 41,000 Twitter followers for donations for her upcoming wedding.
A romantic, smart and somewhat bold idea, for sure. The only potentially head-scratching problem with the wedding crowdsourcing is that the couple had already gotten married in December 2018, according to her marriage certificate, found through an official records search on the website of Kings County, Wash.
On July 20, the podcast host announced she would tie the knot with Robinson, her “novelist, futurist, poet” fiance, linking the story to the registry site for the couple’s galactic-themed wedding.
It’s not uncommon for couples to get officially married at City Hall first, and then later plan and throw a wedding party.
The only issue with the Seattle-native — who became famous for being convicted and then acquitted by Italian police for the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy — was her timing.
While the wedding was scheduled for Feb. 29, 2020, the two got officially hitched on Dec. 7, 2018.
According to the Daily Beast, after the commotion caused by their initial request, the couple changed the wording on the website: from asking people to help paying for the wedding, it now states that they are accepting donations.
“Let’s face it, we don’t need any more stuff. So please, no gifts, and no pressure. But if you feel so inclined, we welcome help putting on the best party ever for our family and friends,” a page on Knoxrobinson.com says.
“Instead of a traditional registry, we’re accepting donations towards the cost of the wedding.”
For those wishing to contribute, 18 levels of donations include a “temporal patron” top-of-the-line $2,000, which will give donors “a special video from the future, reading you an excerpt from the Encyclopedia Galactica,” as well as specific help for wedding essentials such as venue ($100), set and decor ($150), and costumes ($100) — which would “Help us set a new record for all-time best dressed couple!”
To thank every kind soul who wants to help, the couple will send all contributors “a signed, limited edition copy of ‘The Cardio Tesseract,’ our joint book of love poems.”
Even before it became public that she had already married her beau, Knox pushed back against the idea that she was crowdfunding her wedding through the registry website.
“I did not put it out there expecting to get a dime from anyone,” she told ABC News. “Our wedding registry was never meant to be a crowdfunding source. It was meant for our family and friends and any well-wishers that I have” to see, she said.
“I have a lot of haters in this world but I have a lot of family friends and supporters as well. I wanted to share with them this fun, creative idea.”
