The presence of those working on Hulu‘s Amanda Knox series in the Italian city of Perugia is prompting backlash after filming began near where student Meredith Kercher was found stabbed to death 17 years ago.
Residents displayed banners reading “Rispetto per Meredith” (respect for Meredith) around the city as cast and crew members for Blue Moon — executive produced by Knox herself — arrived to get production underway.
The eight-part drama, starring Grace Van Patten (Tell Me Lies), will air on the Disney-owned streaming service and detail Knox’s battle to clear her name when she was convicted of the 21-year-old’s murder in 2007.
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After substantial flaws were uncovered in the initial police investigation, Knox and Italian ex-partner Raffaele Sollecito were released from prison in 2011 and definitively acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court in 2015. Knox later became an
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