Amanda Knox, noted figure from her troubled trials and tribulations in Italy, has joined forces with Monica Lewinsky. Collectively, they are creating an immersive and riveting new reader-powered limited series entitled “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.” The eight part series, that just started streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, stars actress Grace Van Patten as Knox. Listen to the first two episodes today! We’ll release new episodes each Wednesday, counting down to the finale on October 1, 2025.
Along with Lewinsky, Knox was an executive producer on the project. She spoke movingly about the emotional process of going back in time for the series. During an appearance on “Good Morning America” on August 18, 2025, she revealed that creating the series allowed her to process her experiences.
In 2009, Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of murder in Italy. They were wrongfully convicted for the 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Both convictions were vacated in 2011 after an appeal. As a result, Knox suffered through four years of imprisonment before her 2015 acquittal. As the DNA evidence began to unravel, Rudy Guede was convicted of Kercher’s murder in 2008. He was released in December of 2020 after spending 16 years incarcerated.
Knox said while looking back on those challenges, saying that the experience of creating the series forced her to face traumatic experiences.
“It felt like I was allowed to grieve for the first time, because it was outside of myself, and I got to watch myself and these people portray this journey,” Knox stated. “It was as if I was there … and I was grieving in a big way for the first time in ways that I wasn’t able to.”
Our goal with this series is to give you a wider view of their day-to-day lives. Knox reminded the audience that she and Lewinsky have both endured extreme media harassment.
“We were both interrogated. We’ve both been, you know, viciously turned into characters of ourselves in the media,” Knox explained.
Lewinsky reflected this feeling in the “Good Morning America” segment. She talked about how she felt she had a different story to tell about Knox and a different opportunity to tell Knox’s story.
“I had a first-look television deal at the time, and I thought, aha! Another young woman who had suffered in the media, had been feasted on on the world stage,” Lewinsky noted. “Luckily, like a savvy executive, she got all the yeses, and we were off to the races.”
The creators of “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” intended it to be something far different from an average true crime story. Knox wanted to assure folks that this is not just a courtroom drama.
“It’s not just a courtroom drama, it’s not your typical true crime biopic,” she mentioned. “It’s a more personal journey and one that really begins with the story of what happens before — and then, of course, what happens after the worst experience of your life.”
Throughout the production process, both Knox and Lewinsky remained dedicated to ensuring that their stories were told with sensitivity and depth.
“Everyone on this project understood that this is a story about two young women who went to go study abroad in Perugia, Italy, and only one of them survived,” Knox said.
