Meredith Kercher's sister criticises Amanda Knox's Edinburgh comedy show
Summary
Amanda Knox is performing a solo comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival about her experience surrounding the 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. Meredith’s sister criticizes the show, saying it disrespects the family and trivializes the painful event, while Knox and her representative say the show honors Meredith’s memory.Key Facts
- Amanda Knox’s show, called Cartwheel, talks about motherhood and how she will explain the murder case in Perugia to her daughter.
- Meredith Kercher’s sister, Stephanie, spoke on BBC Breakfast asking Knox to consider the family’s pain and imagine if it was her own sister.
- Knox says she does not joke about Meredith’s death but does joke about being wrongly blamed.
- A petition with over 1,500 signatures argues the show disrespects Meredith’s memory and could make violence against women seem normal.
- The show is held at the Gilded Balloon Teviot venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which supports freedom of expression.
- Knox and Meredith were students living together in Italy when Meredith was murdered in 2007. Knox was convicted, spent 4 years in prison, and was later acquitted after a lengthy legal process.
- Rudy Guede, another man, served a prison sentence for the murder, but no accomplices were convicted after Knox and her then-boyfriend were acquitted.
- Stephanie Kercher hopes political leaders will consider the impact of such shows on victims' families and set guidelines for similar cases in the future.
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