AMANDA Knox has sparked anger after being controversially signed up to debut her comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The lawyer for the family of , who Knox was accused of murdering, called it an “offensive and deplorable” insult to her memory.
Amanda Knox has sparked anger after being controversially signed up to debut her comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Credit: Getty
Meredith Kercher, 21, from Croydon, South London, was found dead in the flat in Perugia, Umbria, she shared with Knox, now 38 Credit: PA:Press Association
said he had “lost all hope” American Knox could “comprehend the feelings” her actions have triggered in Meredith’s family.
Knox started a comedy career last summer and opened for US comic Nikki Glaser in front of 3,000 people.
Her gig in August, for which she is not being paid, is called Cartwheel — an apparent reference to the exercises she did while waiting to be quizzed for Meredith’s killing.
It is expected to include jokes about the investigation.
Amanda’s stand-up routine is expected to include jokes about the investigation Credit: AP:Associated Press
Amanda Knox with her husband Christopher Robinson Credit: AFP
Leeds University exchange student Meredith, 21, from Croydon, South London, was found dead in the flat in Perugia, Umbria, she shared with Knox, now 38.
She had been raped, beaten and had her throat slit.
were convicted of the 2007 killing and sexually assaulting Meredith in what was called a “sex game gone wrong”.
Their convictions were overturned and she received a definitive acquittal in 2015.
Ivorian migrant served 16 years for the .
Knox is now married with two children in the US.
Comedy show producer Gilded Balloon was asked to comment.
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