Amanda Knox Defends Her Comedy Show
Audience members called Amanda Knox’s Fringe show powerful and respectful as more than 6,000 people signed a petition to cancel it.
- On Friday, Amanda Knox performed her fringe show, "Cartwheel," at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh, amid public calls to cancel the production exploring her 2007 acquittal for the murder of Meredith Kercher.
- A petition seeking the show's cancellation has garnered nearly 30,000 signatures, with organizers claiming the production turns the murder of Kercher into "entertainment," while Stephanie Kercher appeared on BBC Breakfast on Thursday to support the effort.
- Audience members leaving Friday's performance described the show as "powerful" and "respectful," with one attendee stating, "I thought it was really authentic," and adding that Knox "came across as quite powerful and carried the room."
- In an Instagram statement, Knox defended the project, asserting that "Cartwheel honours Kercher's memory" while arguing petitioners mischaracterize the show, noting "the Edinburgh Fringe is the perfect place for a show like this."
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Amanda Knox says her upcoming comedy show honors her murdered ex-roommate
Amanda Knox is defending her Edinburgh Fringe comedy show after the sister of her British roommate Meredith Kercher said it trivializes violence against women and called for it to be canceled.
Amanda Knox was convicted and later acquitted of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007. Now Knox is making a comedy show about her time in prison – which is provoking strong reactions ahead of its premiere in Edinburgh.
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