{
  "id": 284645,
  "title": "Amanda Knox Responds To Petition Protesting Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Says It “Honors Meredith Kercher’s Memory”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/amanda-knox-responds-to-petition-protesting-her-edinburgh-fringe-show",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-07T23:14:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/amanda-knox-reacts-petition-protesting-edinburgh-fringe-show-1237029079/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nKnox, 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\".\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Amanda Knox claims show she is performing at Edinburgh festival honors her murdered former flatmate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/amanda-knox-claims-show-she-is-performing-at-edinburgh-festival",
        "published": "2026-08-06T17:53:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Amanda Knox Slams Petition Calling for Cancellation of Her Edinburgh Fringe Show: ‘Many False Assumptions’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/amanda-knox-slams-petition-calling-for-cancellation-of-her-edinburgh",
        "published": "2026-08-08T04:25:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}