Friend

Ciao Rudy, how are you?

Rudy Hermann Guede

Not too well.

Friend

Where are you?

RHG

I'm in Dusseldorf and I have no money.

Friend

Where are you staying?

RHG

I'm living in a barge on the Rhine and sleeping on trains, without paying for a ticket. It's tough, I can't do this any more.

Friend

Would you like me to send some money?

RHG

Well, that would be useful.

Friend

OK, look, I'll send you 50 Euros through Western Union, then you can pick it up.

RHG

Thanks, but it’s already late in the evening.

Friend

They're talking about you here [in Perugia].

RHG

I know what happened in Perugia, but they're making a mistake. I am not “The Baron”, I'm called Byron after Scott Byron, the famous basketball player.

Friend

But they are saying other things.

RHG

Listen, you know I knew those girls, I knew them both, Meredith and Amanda, but nothing more, you know that. I've been to their house twice, the last time a few days before all this business, but I didn't do anything. I have nothing to do with this business. I wasn't there that evening. If they have found my fingerprints it means I must have left them there before.

Friend

But your photo is everywhere.

RHG

I've seen it, the police were wrong to put my photo around like that. I'm not how they describe me. I have nothing to do with that night.

Friend

But if you have nothing to do with it why don't you come back? I'll help you to find a good lawyer who can clear things up.

RHG

I'm afraid. But I don't want to stay in Germany, I'm black and if the police catch me I don't know what they might do to me. I prefer Italian jails.

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