Piers Morgan blasts ‘disgusting’ Amanda Knox over ‘tasteless’ joke comparing US election to Meredith Kercher murder
PIERS Morgan has hit out at Amanda Knox for her 'disgusting' comparison of the US election and Meredith Kercher's murder.
Knox was slammed by the journalist on Twitter after writing: "Whatever happens, the next four years can't be as bad as that four-year study abroad I did in Italy, right?"
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Piers wrote: "I can think of a 21-year-old British girl named Meredith Kercher who had a far worse time than you in Italy.
"Remember her? How dare you make a joke of it... you disgusting piece of work."
She was jailed after being convicted of killing Brit Meredith Kercher, 21, before later being acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court in 2015.
The 33-year-old has since returned to the US and controversially shared her thoughts on the tight-knit election late on Tuesday night.
Knox hit back at Morgan, writing: "Occasionally I joke about my wrongful conviction & imprisonment in Italy.
"I'm allowed to joke about my own trauma. I didn't joke about the Kercher's.
"I didn't kill Meredith. Rudy Guede did, & you know it.
"Stop exploiting Meredith's name to victim blame me. You're pathetic."
You disgusting piece of work
Piers Morgan
The then-20-year-old was studying in Perugia when she was accused of helping her boyfriend at the time - Raffaelle Sollecito - kill roommate Meredith in 2007.
Knox spent nearly four years in jail after being convicted of the crime before local drifter Rudy Guede was later found guilty of the high-profile killing.
Twitter users were quick to lash out at the American in the wake of her highly-inappropriate tweet.
One said: "If you have any class at all, you would never joke about something like that.
"Do you want us to ignore the fact that a young woman lost her life brutally."
Another angry user posted: "I have followed your story all this time, rooted for you, even bought your first book. This is completely inappropriate."
Another said: "I can think of another student studying abroad in Italy that had it a lot f*****g worse."
One pointed out: "I'm sure the family of the murdered girl appreciate you finding the funny side."
Knox has made similar comparisons between the political situation and her own plight before.
Earlier this week she said that the coronavirus pandemic was reminiscent of what she went through.
Knox wrote: "I feel perpetually lost. This year, the rest of the country has joined me.
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"All at once, so many of us are having to figure out how to make the best of a s***y situation that none of us foresaw."
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And last year she caused more outrage after snaps of her and her fiancé showed them at the party where a “victim” was "found stabbed."
Knox appeared to poke fun at the case in her picture caption by referencing the four years it took to be acquitted of the murder.