Film crews were met with banners reading “Rispetto per Meredith” ("Respect for Meredith") as they arrived to start shooting the eight-part series. The Mayor of Perugia, the town where British exchange student Meredith Kercher was murdered in 2007, has issued an apology to locals, angry at a new TV series being filmed in the Umbrian capital. "I apologise to those who felt betrayed by this choice", said Vittoria Ferdinandi in an open letter.
The eight-part series, titled 'Blue Moon', will chronicle the sixteen-year battle led by Amanda Knox to clear her name. Knox, along with Meredith Kercher’s boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, were both convicted of Kercher's murder twice. The pair spent four years in prison before their release in 2011 and official acquittal in 2015.
The filming of the series coincides with the 17-year anniversary of Kercher's death. Her family stated that they found it “difficult to understand” how the series served any purpose. Knox has reportedly earned over €4.
2m from her memoir, has taken part in a Netflix documentary, as well as being the subject of numerous books and films. Since Kercher's murder made global headlines almost 20 years ago, the residents of the historic Italian town of Perugia have been fighting to reclaim its reputation. Upon arrival, film crews were met with bans reading "Rispetto per Meredith” ("Respect for Meredith"), displayed across the city last week.
In a video shared on Facebook, Margherita Scoccia, a former councillor.
