Defiant Amanda Knox rants about ‘dry-humping’ & dismisses murder trial evidence as ‘just vibes’ in Fringe show debut

AMANDA Knox ranted about “dry-humping” and dismissed murder trial evidence as “just vibes” in her controversial Edinburgh Fringe debut. A defiant Knox took to the stage yesterday as she brazenly spoke about her false conviction for killing her flatmate Meredith Kercher in 2009. A poster advertising Amanda Knox’s fringe show, titled Cartwheel Credit: Edinburgh Fringe Amanda took to the stage last night (pictured here at another show) Credit: Instagram She was greeted by cheers and whoops from a packed room in the Gilded Balloon, despite receiving fierce backlash from the tragic student’s family. The 39-year-old lifted the lid on murder accusations, which she blamed on her simply being “a little too theatre kid”. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The performance came days after friends and family of Kercher slammed the show as “distasteful and disrespectful”, launching a petition calling for its cancellation that received more than 10,000 signatures. But surrounded by children’s toys, Knox raged about her years being “vilified as a drug-addled succubus” and questioned how her notoriety will impact her own two children. Knox is led away from Perugia’s Court of Appeal by police officers after the first session of her appeal against her murder conviction in November 2010 Credit: Getty Meredith Kercher was murdered in November 2007 Credit: PA:Press Association Knox returned to parts of her case that were held up as markers of guilt at the time, and dismissed them as “just vibes”. Of her infamous kiss outside the crime scene in Italy, she said: “Even if I had been dry-humping his leg while making awkward eye contact with the lead detective, that would make me in heat, but it wouldn’t have made me a murderer.” And on her Foxy Knoxy nickname, given to her by school friends and later picked up by the newspapers, she argued: “Even If my nickname were murder pussy, it wouldn’t make me a murderer.” She added that the cartwheel she was alleged to have done while in police custody was in fact the splits – which is “a lot harder than a cartwheel”. Most read in The Sun Knox attends a panel discussion titled Trial by Media during the Criminal Justice Festival in Modena, northern Italy on June 15, 2019 Credit: AFP The house in Perugia where Kercher was found dead Credit: AFP – Getty Knox addressed her tragic flatmate Meredith too, recounting stories of how the pair baked cookies together, shared clothes, and went thrift shopping together. She said: “Meredith was so much more sensible than me,” adding that “after her murder, everyone was so intent on judging me.” Clearly aware of her own divisiveness among the public, Knox compared herself to everything from “white-gold, blue-black dress”, to “a human version of haggis”. But the audience at the opening night was clearly a supportive crowd, with more than half of the audience giving her a standing ovation at the end. Knox visits Edinburgh Castle Credit: instagram/amandaknox Knox arrives in court for the preliminary hearings into the murder of the British student at the Tribunal in Perugia in 2008 Credit: EPA Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito outside the rented house where Meredith was found dead Credit: AP:Associated Press Sollecito leaves Italy’s highest court building in March 2015 Credit: AP:Associated Press After the show Knox, who has written books and appeared in documentaries about her experience, greeted queues of fans to sign copies of her memoir – while cops patrolled the room. She spent four years behind bars over her 21-year-old flatmate’s murder in 2007 before being cleared. Her high-profile legal battles spanned nearly a decade until Italy‘s highest court overturned her conviction in 2015. Leeds University exchange student Meredith, from Croydon, South London, was found dead in the flat in Perugia, Umbria, she shared with Knox, now 38. Timeline of Meredith Kercher saga November 1, 2007 – The murder of Meredith Kercher: British exchange student Meredith Kercher, 21, is found dead in the apartment she shares with Amanda Knox in Perugia, Italy. Her throat is slashed, and signs suggest she may have been sexually assaulted. November 6, 2007 – Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito arrested: Amanda Knox, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and Patrick Lumumba, Knox’s boss at a local bar, are arrested in connection with Kercher’s murder. Knox accuses Lumumba of the killing during a police interrogation. November 20, 2007 – Patrick Lumumba released: Lumumba is released after police find no forensic evidence linking him to the murder. He was falsely implicated by Knox during a contentious interrogation. December 6, 2007 – Rudy Guede arrested in Germany: Rudy Guede, a 20-year-old Ivorian man, is arrested in Germany and extradited to Italy. His DNA is found on Kercher’s body and at the crime scene. October 28, 2008 – Guede convicted of murder: Guede opts for a fast-track trial and is convicted of Kercher’s murder. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison, later reduced to 16 on appeal. January 16, 2009 – Knox and Sollecito trial begins: Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito stand trial for the murder of Kercher. Prosecutors allege a sex game gone wrong, while the defence argues that Guede acted alone. December 4, 2009 – Knox and Sollecito convicted: Knox and Sollecito are found guilty. Knox is sentenced to 26 years in prison; Sollecito receives 25 years. November 24, 2010 – Appeals process begins: Knox and Sollecito appeal their convictions. A key focus is the forensic evidence, including DNA found on a knife and a bra clasp. October 3, 2011 – Knox and Sollecito acquitted: An appeals court overturns their convictions, citing errors in the forensic investigation. Knox is freed and returns to Seattle. March 26, 2013 – Italy’s Supreme Court orders retrial: Italy’s Court of Cassation annuls the acquittals, ordering a retrial for Knox and Sollecito. January 30, 2014 – Knox and Sollecito reconvicted: Knox and Sollecito are reconvicted in their retrial. Knox, now in the U.S., is sentenced to 28.5 years in prison. March 25, 2015 – Final acquittal: Italy’s Supreme Court definitively acquits Knox and Sollecito of Kercher’s murder, citing lack of evidence and glaring errors in the investigation. November 2021 – Rudy Guede released: Rudy Guede, the sole person definitively convicted in connection with Kercher’s death, is released from prison after serving 13 years. 2023 – present – Knox’s slander conviction: Despite her acquittal, Knox is convicted of slander for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba. 2023: The European Court of Human Rights rules that Knox’s rights were violated during her 2007 interrogation. June 2024: An Italian court upholds her slander conviction, a decision confirmed by Italy’s high court in January 2025. She had been raped, beaten and had her throat slit. Knox – an exchange student from the University of Washington – had known Meredith just under six weeks when the murder took place. Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito 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 Rudy Guede served 16 years for the crimes. Knox is now married to write Christopher Robinson with two children in the US. Since her release from prison she has built a career as an author, criminal justice activist, media producer and stand-up comedian. Comment now