Nearly 700 hear from Amanda Knox during Women's Luncheon in Coeur d'Alene

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Most people recognize the name Amanda Knox.

They may also recognize her nickname, once plastered on tabloids around the world: “Foxy Knoxy,” something once-innocent that originated on her childhood soccer team.

That nickname was translated in Italian to “wicked fox” during Knox’s four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for the 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.

It was a heinous crime — and one Knox steadfastly maintained she did not commit.

But to the media, “I was the drug-addled American girl gone wild ... a vicious femme fatale,” Knox said.

During the Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber’s 5th Annual Women’s Luncheon at The Coeur d’Alene Resort on Wednesday, Knox said she’s found that while most people recognize her name — and nicknames