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A gruesome murder sequence in Lifetime's "The Amanda Knox Story" has reportedly been cut after Knox's and Meredith Kercher's family complained about the scene.
The movie revolves around the stabbing death of British student Meredith Kercher in the town of Perugia in Italy in November 2007.
The victim’s roommate Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and killing the 21-year-old. A third killer Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast citizen, was convicted of participating in the slaying in a separate trial.
Their appeals trials are under way.
In the cut scene, Meredith (Amanda Fernando Stevens) appeared in a grey bra and jeans as she was pinned down and stabbed by her three alleged killers, including Knox (Hayden Panetierre) and Sollecito (Paolo Romio), London's Telegraph reported.
In a review copy of the movie provided to the Daily News, the murder scene was chopped up into brief flashback sequences. In one scene, Guede (Djibril Kébé), comes out of the bathroom to find Meredith on the floor with her throat slashed.
A later scene has Knox returning to her apartment to quarrel with Kercher while the prosecutor summarizes to the judges what he believes happened on the night of Kercher’s death. As he describes Knox pulling a knife and stabbing Kercher, a very blurry image shows one person lunging at another, but it is so fuzzy it is hard to make out who is involved.
A rep for Lifetime could not be reached for comment.
According to the Telegraph, the scene was cut after the families of Kercher and Knox expressed anger about it.
The murder victim's father, Jon Kercher, has criticized the re-enacted sequence as "absolutely horrific."
Earlier this month, Knox's lawyer sent a warning to Lifetime to cancel the film and trailer that reportedly included a threat to go to court to keep the film to keep it from airing.
A spokesperson for the Knox family told the Telegraph that "the movie is ill-timed since Amanda's appeal is under way.”
"Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" airs on Lifetime Monday at 9 p.m.
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A gruesome murder sequence in Lifetime's "The Amanda Knox Story" has reportedly been cut after Knox's and Meredith Kercher's family complained about the scene.
The movie revolves around the stabbing death of British student Meredith Kercher in the town of Perugia in Italy in November 2007.
The victim’s roommate Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and killing the 21-year-old. A third killer Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast citizen, was convicted of participating in the slaying in a separate trial.
Their appeals trials are under way.
In the cut scene, Meredith (Amanda Fernando Stevens) appeared in a grey bra and jeans as she was pinned down and stabbed by her three alleged killers, including Knox (Hayden Panetierre) and Sollecito (Paolo Romio), London's Telegraph reported.
In a review copy of the movie provided to the Daily News, the murder scene was chopped up into brief flashback sequences. In one scene, Guede (Djibril Kébé), comes out of the bathroom to find Meredith on the floor with her throat slashed.
A later scene has Knox returning to her apartment to quarrel with Kercher while the prosecutor summarizes to the judges what he believes happened on the night of Kercher’s death. As he describes Knox pulling a knife and stabbing Kercher, a very blurry image shows one person lunging at another, but it is so fuzzy it is hard to make out who is involved.
A rep for Lifetime could not be reached for comment.
According to the Telegraph, the scene was cut after the families of Kercher and Knox expressed anger about it.
The murder victim's father, Jon Kercher, has criticized the re-enacted sequence as "absolutely horrific."
Earlier this month, Knox's lawyer sent a warning to Lifetime to cancel the film and trailer that reportedly included a threat to go to court to keep the film to keep it from airing.
A spokesperson for the Knox family told the Telegraph that "the movie is ill-timed since Amanda's appeal is under way.”
"Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" airs on Lifetime Monday at 9 p.m.
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