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Knox, 22, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 25, were convicted in December of sexually assaulting and killing Kercher in November 2007 in what prosecutors called a "brutal sex game." The trial sparked a media frenzy in Italy, while Knox supporters in the U.S. questioned whether she received a fair trial in the city of Perugia.
The new testimony presented to prosecutors Friday comes from Mario Alessi, a convict who was jailed alongside a third person convicted in connection with Kercher's death, Rudy Guede.
According to published reports, Alessi gave 2.5 hours of videotaped testimony to Sollecito's lawyer, Luca Maori, telling him that Guede confided in him in jail, telling him another, unidentified man killed Kercher while Guede was in the bathroom. Alessi also reportedly quoted Guede as saying he saw the shadows of Knox and Sollecito leaving the house.
Maori told ABC News he submitted the video interview conducted in prison two weeks ago to the court in Perugia, where both Knox and Sollecito are pursuing appeals. Maori did not comment on the testimony, calling the situation "very delicate."
Alessi is serving a life sentence for kidnapping and murdering a 2-year-old boy, Tommaso Onofri, after he was found guilty in a much-publicized case in Italy in 2006.
Attorneys for Guede, as well as lawyers for the Kercher family, dismissed the new testimony. A Kercher family lawyer told The Associated Press that Alessi's claims are "groundless." An attorney for Guede told various news outlets that his client would never speak about the case to a prison mate.
"Rudy has never spoken to anyone about his trial, except us, his lawyers," Guede's attorney, Walter Biscotti, told ABC News Saturday. "He doesn't even speak to his friends about it."
Alessi's claim isn't the first time a convict has come forward offering supposed new information in the Knox-Sollecito case. Last year, Sollecito's cell mate, Luciano Aviello, wrote to a judge claiming he knew every detail of the murder case and could testify to Sollecito's innocence. Police determined him unreliable after questioning.
The new claims from Alessi came on the heels of a 427-page report from the lead judges in the Knox murder case, explaining Knox's much-debated conviction was a result of inconsistencies in her account of the night of the murder and saying the jury believed Knox was part of the "sex game" that killed Kercher, but that she did not serve as the mastermind.
Both Knox and Sollecito are expected to file appeals in the coming weeks.
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