The former Costa Cruises captain was freed from his home confinement in Meta di Sorrento near Naples on Thursday, but must remain in the town.
He spent the days following the January disaster in jail.
Schettino, facing charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship before all the passengers were safe, has written a memo for his lawyers, which has been leaked to the Italian press ahead of his trial.
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