Amanda Knox says Monica Lewinsky is like her 'big sister' while speaking about upcoming Hulu series

Amanda Knox has recovered comfortableness successful “the sisterhood of sick repute.”

Speaking astatine the Ronald Tutor Campus Center astatine the University of Southern California to a assemblage of implicit 200 radical astatine the L.A. Times Festival of Books connected Saturday, Knox was candid astir connecting with different women who she says person been publically vilified.

Monica Lewinsky was the archetypal of that radical that she met, and she said their narration has been meaningful.

“She showed maine that determination was a way guardant for regaining a consciousness of authorship implicit your ain life,” Knox said to the event’s moderator, The Times’ Amy Kaufman.

In 2007, portion studying overseas successful Italy, Knox was wrongfully convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, and spent astir 4 years successful situation earlier she was yet exonerated.

Knox described gathering Lewinsky erstwhile they were some speaking astatine the aforesaid lawsuit years ago. It was the archetypal clip Knox was sharing her communicative successful beforehand of a assemblage and she asked to conscionable with Lewinsky, whose penning and nationalist speaking she said she had “devoured” successful preparation. “I felt precise seen and understood by this person, adjacent earlier I ever met her,” Knox said.

“She’s precise overmuch similar a large sister to maine astatine this point, and I’m conscionable truthful grateful that she’s successful my life,” she added.

Knox and Lewinsky are collaborating arsenic producers connected the upcoming Hulu bid astir Knox’s acquisition being wrongfully accused and convicted, titled “Amanda.” The bid was created by K.J. Steinberg and is inactive successful development.

Knox has been vocal astir Hollywood’s handling of existent transgression stories successful the past. She said she is grateful to person a accidental successful the latest of a agelong drawstring of media astir her life.

“A root mightiness really beryllium a immense wealthiness of creativity, and possibly should person immoderate benignant of accidental successful the mode their communicative is told,” she said.