There are many upsetting scenes in Netflix’s “Amanda Knox” documentary, which started streaming Friday (watch it here: https://www2.netflix.com/title/80081155) One smaller moment almost slips by unnoticed: Viewers hear audio of Knox’s mother visiting her in jail in 2007, just after Knox was arrested and charged for the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, during a study abroad trip in Italy.
“The lawyers said something interesting. They said, ‘Amanda’s been caught up in something that’s way bigger than her,'” Knox’s mother is heard saying, “Because it’s turned into this huge international bull—- story.”
“Are you serious?” Knox asks, sounding horrified.
“Oh yeah, everybody in the family has been assaulted by media,” her mother says. “It’s gone crazy.”