Amanda Knox Responds To Petition Protesting Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Says It “Honors Meredith Kercher’s Memory”
Nearly 20 years after she was falsely accused of killing her roommate, Amanda Knox is still struggling to tell her own story. The author and comedian, who was wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, has responded after a petition to cancel her Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Cartwheel surpassed 10,000 signatures. “There is […]
Amanda Knox, an American author and comedian who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007, has responded to a petition to cancel her Edinburgh Festival Fringe show "Cartwheel". The petition, which has surpassed 10,000 signatures, was started after Kercher's sister accused Knox of trivializing violence against women with her show.
Knox, now 39, has defended her show, stating that it "honors Meredith Kercher's memory and calls out the violence that was done to her and to me". According to the Associated Press, Knox's show is a comedy that references a story that claimed she did cartwheels in the police station after Kercher's death. The show is being marketed as a woman "approaching forty, juggling motherhood and finally getting around to being furious about the whole wrongful-imprisonment thing".
The show is set to debut on Friday evening and will run for 11 straight nights at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Knox was a 20-year-old student in Perugia when Kercher was found stabbed to death. She was later acquitted of the crime.
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