Amanda Knox is defending her Edinburgh Fringe comedy show, titled "Cartwheel," against accusations that it trivializes violence against women. Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy, stated in an Instagram post that the show "honors Meredith Kercher’s memory and calls out the violence that was done to her and to me." Meredith Kercher, a 22-year-old British university student, was found stabbed to death in her shared apartment in Perugia on Nov. 2, 2007. The case garnered significant international attention, with initial suspicion falling on Knox, then 20, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.
Knox spent nearly four years in prison during the investigation and trial before being freed by an appeals court. The couple were ultimately acquitted by Italy’s highest court in 2015. Rudy Hermann Guede, another man, was convicted of the murder and freed in 2021 after serving most of his sentence.
After her release, Knox returned to the United States in 2011. She has since become an advocate for the wrongly convicted, co-hosts a podcast with her husband, and published a memoir titled, "Free: My Search for Meaning."
The show "Cartwheel" references a story that claimed Knox performed cartwheels after Kercher's death. The performance is described as a woman approaching 40, balancing motherhood, and confronting her wrongful imprisonment while facing public judgment.
