Amanda Knox, who became famous after being wrongly accused of murder while studying abroad in Italy, is defending her upcoming comedy show about the tragedy
The 39-year-old author is set to perform her sold-out show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. It is set to debut on Friday and run for 11 continuous nights
Knox was convicted and later acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of her British roommate, MeredithKercher, nearly 20 years ago. Kercher was discovered stabbed to death on November 2, 2007, in her apartment. She lived with a 20-year-old Knox and two Italian women. The case quickly made international headlines
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The show is called Cartwheel, alluding to the story that Knox did cartwheels in the police station after her roommate’s death
According to the show’s description, it follows Knox’s as she is “juggling motherhood and finally getting around to being furious about the whole wrongful-imprisonment thing. Especially when half the world is telling her to get over it, while the other half still thinks she’s guilty. How on earth will she explain it all to her daughter, who is now asking to hear the story of ‘Mama Goes to Italy’? And can she protect her from, well, everything, knowing her own mother couldn’t protect her no matter how hard she tried?”
Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, RaffaeleSollecito, were acquitted by Italy’s highest court in 2015. Knox spent nearly four years in prison during the investigation, murder trial, and while in appeals court
Rudy Guede was convicted of murdering Kercher after his DNA was discovered at the crime scene. He left prison in 2021 after serving the majority of his 16-year sentence
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Knox has been in the United States since 2011. She has written two memoirs: Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir (2013) and Free: My Search for Meaning (2025)
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