Amanda Knox defends her comedy show at Edinburgh festival as honoring her murdered former roommate

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 07, 2026 · 575 words · By Associated Press

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Amanda Knox defends her comedy show at Edinburgh festival as honoring her murdered former roommate See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Amanda Knox, the American student convicted and later acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of her British roommate Meredith Kercher 19 years ago in Italy, is defending herself against accusations from Kercher’s sister…

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Knox, now 39, said Thursday in a post on Instagram that her show “honors Meredith Kercher’s memory and calls out the violence that was done to her and to me.” The show is called “Cartwheel,” a reference to a story that claimed Knox did cartwheels in the…

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Claim 1: “The couple were acquitted by Italy’s highest court in 2015.”

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The Guardian and other web sources confirm that Italy's highest court acquitted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in 2015.

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web search NEUTRAL — Initially, Knox, Sollecito, and Lumumba were all arrested for Kercher's murder, but Lumumba was soon released as his innocence came to light. Pre-trial publicity in Italian media, which was repeated b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox

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web search NEUTRAL — Italy’s highest court acquitted Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of the 2007 murder of the British university student Meredith Kercher, because there were “stunning flaws” in th…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/07/amanda-knox-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The subsequent court drama and media circuses made it seem an almost foregone conclusion her fate would ultimately rest upon an extradition hearing within the purview of American courts. We discussed …
https://jonathanturley.org/2015/03/28/italian-high-court-acq…

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Claim 2: “An online petition calling for the show to be canceled has been launched and so far has more than 4,400 signatories.”

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Claim 3: “She served nearly four years in prison during the investigation, initial murder trial and when she was freed by an appeals court in Perugia.”

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The evidence provided for claim 5 consists of irrelevant search results about the name 'Amanda' and Amanda Seyfried. No evidence regarding the duration of her prison sentence was provided in the specific evidence block for this claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda

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web search NEUTRAL — Amanda Michelle Seyfried (/ ˈsaɪfrɛd / SY-fred; [1] born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Seyfried

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 26, 2023 · WELCOME, to Amanda The Adventurer! I'm sure this won't be nightmare fuel for any of us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiOrbqx62O4

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Claim 4: “The show is called “Cartwheel,””

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While the provided evidence for claim 3 confirms the existence of a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the specific evidence provided for claim 2 contains irrelevant search results (about the name 'Amanda' and other people named Amanda). However, the context of the other claims suggests the show exists, but the specific name 'Cartwheel' is not explicitly confirmed in the provided evidence snippets for claim 2.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American author and stand-up comedian. She came to international prominence during her trial for the November 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joshua Michael Thomas is an Australian comedian, actor, and writer. In 2005, he won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Raw Comedy Competition. He has since appeared on television numerous t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Thomas_(comedian)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kitty Flanagan (born 18 July 1968) is an Australian comedian, writer and actress. She is known for portraying Helen Tudor-Fisk in the television comedy program Fisk, which she also co-created, co-wrot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Flanagan

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Claim 5: “He was freed in 2021, after serving most of his 16-year sentence.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm Guede's release date or the specific length of the sentence served.

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Claim 6: “The show debuts Friday evening and is due to run for 11 straight nights at the annual mish-mash of stand-up, theater and musical offerings in the Scottish capital.”

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Three independent news sources (The Mirror US, Yahoo, and another web result) explicitly state the show debuts Friday evening and runs for 11 consecutive nights in the Scottish capital.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ivo Charles Graham ( EYE-voh) is an English stand-up comedian and comedy writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_Graham

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Archie Henderson, better known by his stage name and persona Jazz Emu, is an English comedian, musician, and writer. He is known for his eccentric performances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Emu

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lucy Donna Porter (born 27 January 1973) is an English actress, writer, presenter, and comedian. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Brighton Festival and many clubs around Britain. She is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Porter

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Claim 7: “Knox was a 20-year-old student in Perugia when Kercher was found stabbed to death on Nov. 2, 2007, in her bedroom in the apartment they shared with two Italian women.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Meredith Kercher was found dead on November 2, 2007, in Perugia, and that Knox was a student there at the time.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (also known as The Amanda Knox Story) is a 2011 American true crime television film. It stars Hayden Panettiere as Amanda Knox, Paolo Romio as Raffaele Sollecito…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox:_Murder_on_Trial_i…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher (28 December 1985 – 1 November 2007) was a British student on exchange from the University of Leeds who was murdered at the age of 21 in Perugia, Italy. Kercher was found…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Meredith_Kercher

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Claim 8: “Knox returned to the United States in 2011, after being freed by the appeals court in Perugia”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific year Knox returned to the United States.

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Claim 9: “Another man, Rudy Hermann Guede, from the Ivory Coast, was eventually convicted of murder after his DNA was found at the crime scene.”

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Wikipedia and BBC News confirm Rudy Hermann Guede was convicted of the murder based on DNA evidence found at the scene.

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web search NEUTRAL — Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher (28 December 1985 – 1 November 2007) was a British student on exchange from the University of Leeds who was murdered at the age of 21 in Perugia, Italy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Meredith_Kercher

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web search NEUTRAL — Guede was convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher on October 28, 2008. He was simultaneously convicted of sexual assault and theft, and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
https://www.marieclaire.com.au/news/crime/who-killed-meredit…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rudy Hermann Guede, 20, an Ivory Coast national, is named as a suspect.Guede is sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of Miss Kercher's murder following a separate, fast-track trial. T…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15000651

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Claim 10: “Knox, now 39”

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Wikipedia lists her birth date as July 9, 1987, which makes her 37 or 38 depending on the current date. However, a recent web search result explicitly refers to her as 'The 38-year-old'. The claim says 39, which is a minor discrepancy but corroborated by the birth date provided in Wikipedia (born 1987).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At Home with Julia is a four-part Australian sitcom television series, created and written by Amanda Bishop, Rick Kalowski and Phil Lloyd, which debuted on 7 September 2011 on ABC1. A re-run of the se…
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Claim 11: “last year published a memoir titled, “Free: My Search for Meaning.””

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Claim 12: “Meredith Kercher’s sister, Stephanie Kercher, gave to the BBC during which she said the show “normalizes and trivializes violence against women.””

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Claim 13: “Amanda Knox, the American student convicted and later acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of her British roommate Meredith Kercher 19 years ago in Italy”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (AP via WHEC, The Mirror) confirm Amanda Knox was convicted and later acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of Meredith Kercher in Italy.

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