Amanda Knox, the American journalist and activist whose trial and definitive acquittal by an Italian supreme court on murder charges in 2015 made international headlines, will be visiting Lansdale in April to meet the team of 365 Foundation, for the possibility of joining its board of directors.
Natalie Venezia, founder and CEO of 365 Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the movement and empowerment of women, said she had a call with Knox a few weeks back about joining the foundation’s Board of Directors or Advisory Board.
Venezia told North Penn Now that Knox will be visiting from April 4-7 and will be the first guest on 365 Foundation’s new podcast "In The Pink.” She said Mayor Garry Herbert will be part of the welcoming event.
Knox is producing a Hulu series alongside Monica Lewinsky, to tell her side of the story, The Hollywood Reporter announced last week. Actress Andie MacDowell’s daughter, Margaret Qualley ("Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,” "Fosse/Verdon”) is cast as Knox in the biopic.
"This is very exciting and will become national news, as she has not spoken to the press or been interviewed in some time. Also, with this Hulu series, a new generation of women will know who she is and the unbelievable experience she went through,” Venezia said.
Knox made international news in 2007, when the University of Washington exchange student was wrongfully convicted for the murder of fellow exchange student Meredith Kercher in their shared apartment in Perrugia, Italy. Her boyfriend Raffaele Soliecito, was also convicted, sentenced, and definitively acquitted.
Knox spent nearly four years incarcerated in Italy, to be finally freed in 2011, and then definitively exonerated by the Italian Supreme Court of Casssation in 2015.
At present, Knox hosts a TV series "The Scarlet Letter Reports.” Her memoir, "Waiting to Be Heard,” was a best seller in 2018.
