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Amanda Knox has spent almost two decades trying to escape the caricature the world wrote for her—the doe-eyed exchange student accused of orchestrating a murder in Perugia. It was headline bait: yes a pretty American caught in the crosshairs of an old-world justice system. For years, she wasn’t a person so much as a plotline. And 18 years later, Amanda Knox is once again a plotline of sorts, but this time it’s on her terms.
The infamous murder case and media frenzy is back in the spotlight this year with The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, produced by Amanda Knox herself and Monica Lewinsky, among others. Who better to revisit this story than two of our most famously scorned women?
Does the world want Amanda Knox the person, or Amanda Knox the character? That’s the tension she’s mining, and monetizing, with her latest memoirs, podcasts, and lectures. If you think you already know her story, she’ll tell you that you don’t.
The eponymous Knox is played by Tell Me Lies’ Grace Van Patten, and the show itself comes from K.J. Steinberg, one of the names behind This Is Us. This eight‑episode limited series premieres on August 20 on Hulu with the first two episodes launching simultaneously, followed by weekly episode drops each Wednesday. The finale is set to air on October 1.
Need a refresher? Here’s what happened in Perugia.
In 2007, Amanda Knox was a 20-year-old student from Seattle spending her junior year abroad in Perugia, Italy. Just weeks into her semester, her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, was found murdered in their shared apartment. Kercher’s throat had been cut.
The Italian police quickly zeroed in on Knox and her boyfriend of one week, Raffaele Sollecito, alongside a local drifter, Rudy Guede. What followed was less a trial than a media circus: Knox’s diary entries, sexual history, and nickname “Foxy Knoxy” became tabloid fodder. The Italian press painted her as a femme fatale, the British media cast her as a heartless killer, and the American press swung between horror and disbelief.
In 2009, Knox and Sollecito were convicted of murder, sentenced to more than two decades in prison. Guede, tried separately, was convicted and eventually served 13 years. In 2011, their convictions were overturned and Knox returned to Seattle after four years in an Italian prison. But wait! In 2013, Italy’s highest court ordered a retrial, and Knox and Sollecito were convicted again. By 2015, Knox and Sollecito were definitively acquitted based on insufficient evidence. The legal whiplash kept the case in headlines for nearly a decade, cementing it as one of the most sensationalized trials of the 21st century.
Here’s your streaming schedule.
Episode 1: “Amanda,” August 20
Episode 2: “Ci vediamo più tardi,” August 20
Episode 3: “The Guardian of Perugia,” August 27
Episode 4: “All You Need Is Love,” September 3
Episode 5: “Mr. Nobody,” September 10
Episode 6: “Colpevole,” September 17
Episode 7: “U were there,” September 24
Episode 8: “Libertá,” October 1
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