Amanda Knox Condemns ‘Rush To Judgement’ On Tiger King’s Carole Baskin

Amanda Knox has condemned the 'rush to judgement' on Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin. Knox - who was convicted, then acquitted of, the 2007 killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy - wrote an essay for Crime Story, saying she ‘can’t imagine that most of the “characters” in Tiger King would have felt validated by how they were portrayed, especially not Baskin, who is positioned as the villain among villains’.

ICYMI, Tiger King documents the rivalry between Joe Exotic{ =nofollow}, a zoo owner, and Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue - which eventually sees Joe imprisoned for 22 years after being found guilty for a murder-for-hire plot and illegally euthanising tigers. However, in the show, Joe insists Carole killed her husband, Don Lewis, who disappeared 23 years ago. Carole has denied all of the accusations.

‘In the midst of this, I keep reminding myself: What do I know of Carole Baskin{ =nofollow}– or any of these people – aside from what I’ve seen in this documentary? The answer: nothing,’ she wrote. ‘And is this documentary an objective and comprehensive overview of the facts? Or is it a sensational story whose north star for every important storytelling decision is entertainment, not truth?’

Knox also referred to the 2016 Netflix documentary Amanda Knox, which documents her case, saying everyone involved in the documentary approved of how they were represented prior to release.

‘There’s a little known fact about the Netflix doc Amanda Knox, directed by Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst. Every person interviewed for the film – myself, my codefendant Raffaele Sollecito, tabloid journalist Nick Pisa, my prosecutor Giuliano Mignini – everyone was given the chance to see an advance cut of the film, and everyone approved of how they were represented,’ she added.

She continued: ‘I can’t imagine that most of the "characters" in Tiger King would have felt validated by how they were portrayed, especially not Baskin, who is positioned as the villain among villains. That’s a shame, and it shows our collective obsession of the moment for what it is: a massively popular doc-series has put a group of human beings into the crosshairs of intense public scrutiny and judgement, and it’s done so without giving them the full benefit of the doubt, innocent until proven guilty.’

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