When a show produced by Ms. Knox about the murder of Meredith Kercher was filmed in Perugia, an outcry by residents led the mayor to apologize.

The filming of Amanda Knox’s new Hulu series in Perugia, Italy— the site of her roommate Meredith Kercher’s murder in 2007— is sparking a wave of backlash from locals.

Amanda Knox has been accused of continually profiting from the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher as filming gets underway in Italy for a new TV series about the brutal killing.

Another scripted series set within this genre is now in the works, and it’s based on the case of Amanda Knox – who was acquitted in the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. As of late, the streaming show has been filming in Perugia,

Locals in the Italian city of Perugia are concerned the series will bring new, unwanted attention nearly two decades after British student Meredith Kercher was murdered there in 2007

Film crews were met with banners reading “Rispetto per Meredith” ("Respect for Meredith") as they arrived to start shooting the eight-part series. View on euronews