Amanda Knox, acquitted for the crime of Perugia, today collaborates with Monica Lewinsky in a TV series inspired by her story, ready to make people discuss.
What does Amanda Knox do todayyears after the long and intricate judicial affair linked to the brutal murder of the British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia? And which link has it with Monika Lewinskythe woman in the center of the 1998 sexual scandal that involved the then president of the United States, Bill Clinton?
Two stories far away by context and content, but united by a similar destiny: having become protagonists of judicial cases and scandals that have monopolized the attention of the international media. Precisely from this shared experience was born an unexpected collaboration – and, to hear Knox, even a friendship relationship.
Amanda and Monica, a meeting born from admiration
Amanda Knox said she met Monica Lewinsky several years ago, after being hit by her writings and books in which Lewinsky told his experience. The two found themselves speaking in the same event and discovered that they had a lot in common: Both had experienced extreme media exposure, with lasting personal and professional consequences.
A parallelism, however, only partial. Lewinsky was overwhelmed by a sexual scandal that shook the White House and changed the public perception of the term “intern” forever. Knox, on the other hand, lived a much more complex judicial nightmare.
The case of Perugia
On November 1, 2007 Meredith Kercher, British student and Amanda Knox roommate in Perugia, was found lifeless in her room: slaughtered and with numerous wounds. Knox and the boyfriend of the time, Raffaele Sollecitothey were accused of participating in the crime together with the only definitive sentenced, Rudy Guede.
After a tortuous procedural process – sentenced to first instance in 2009, new sentence on appeal in 2014, years of pre -trial detention – the Court of Cassation definitively acquitted Knox and Sollecito in 2015. The case also landed at the European Court of Human Rights.
To further complicate the story, a cause for defamation intended by Patrick Lumumbaunjustly accused of her in the early stages of the investigations. Cause that Knox lost.
Amanda Knox today
Today Amanda Knox lives in the United States, where she got married and is the mother of two children. Although he tried to reconstruct his life, the shadow of the case of Perugia continues to accompany it. Over the years he has chosen to tell his experience in conferences, interviews, books and now also on television.
On August 20 it will debut on Disney+ The twisted such of Amanda Knoxa miniseries that traces his life from childhood to acquittal. The cast includes Grace Van Patten, Sharon Horgan, John Hoogenakker, Francesco Acquaroli, Giuseppe De Domenico and Roberta Mattei.
Filming in Umbria, between Orvieto and Perugia, have already raised controversy. Second Perugia TODAYthe authorizations had been granted for a project that promised to tell “the life of Amanda Knox from childhood to today” and a girl’s dreams in Erasmus. The official synopsis of the series, however, confirms that the fulcrum remains the process and its struggle for freedom.
The miniseries sees both Amanda Knox and Monica Lewinsky among the executive producerssealing a now solid collaboration. Knox has never hidden admiration for Lewinsky: “He showed me that there is a way to follow to regain the sense of authority of his life. I felt deeply understood by this person, Even before meeting her. For me at this moment it is like an older sister And I’m really grateful to be part of my life. “
On August 20 it will be possible to see the result of this professional and human bond. Given the premises and the controversies already on, it is difficult to think that the debut will go unnoticed.
