Amanda Knox defends Fringe comedy show after claims it will 'trivialise violence'
Knox, from Seattle, and Kercher, from Surrey, were both exchange students sharing a house in the university town of Perugia.Alongside her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, Knox was arrested on suspicion of murdering Kercher, 21, who was found dead in their house. Her throat had been cut and she had been sexually assaulted. The court ruled he did not act alone but after Knox and Sollecito were acquitted, no other accomplices were convicted.Related topicsEdinburgh Festival FringeEdinburgh
- ▪Knox, from Seattle, and Kercher, from Surrey, were both exchange students sharing a house in the university town of Perugia.Alongside her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, Knox was arrested on suspicion of murdering Kercher, 21, who was f
- ▪Her throat had been cut and she had been sexually assaulted.
- ▪The court ruled he did not act alone but after Knox and Sollecito were acquitted, no other accomplices were convicted.Related topicsEdinburgh Festival FringeEdinburgh
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Amanda Knox defends Fringe comedy show after claims it will 'trivialise violence'Image caption, Amanda Knox's show, Cartwheel, discusses motherhood and how she will explain what happened in Perugia to her daughterByClaire Thomson, BBC Scotland and Pauline McLean, Scotland arts correspondentPublished20 minutes agoAmanda Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, has defended her solo comedy show following calls for it to be cancelled.The sold-out show called Cartwheel, which Knox will perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, discusses motherhood and how she will explain the case to her daughter.Knox told the BBC she is not the first person to use comedy to talk about traumatic events and said her material focuses on "how the…
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