The Tiger King documentary captivated the world after it was released on Netflix - and apparently, Amanda Knox is one of the show's many viewers.
Now, Knox is saying that there's "insufficient evidence" Tiger King's Carole Baskin is guilty of killing her husband, which is a theory raised in the documentary show.
Knox, 32, was convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007 but was acquitted in 2015 by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation after spending four years in an Italian prison.
Knox penned an essay detailing her thoughts on the wildly popular show Tiger King for the website Crime Story - and more specifically, her thoughts on Carole Baskin.
Baskin founded Florida's Big Cat Rescue in 1992 and is an animal rights activist and main character Joe Exotic's nemesis. Exotic was accused of attempting to hire someone to kill her for $3,000 and was arrested and later convicted of two counts of murder-for-hire, eight violations of the Lacey Act and nine of the Endangered Species Act.
After he was arrested, Exotic said that Baskin had allegedly killed her first husband Don Lewis, which Baskin vehemently denies. Her husband disappeared in August 1997 and Baskin declared him legally dead in 2002.
Knox writes, "While these flawed, felonious figures ultimately come off as tragic or amusing, there’s been a more hateful response to Carole Baskin, the self-righteous owner of Big Cat Rescue, who devotes her days to caring for big cats and wistfully chuckling at the thought that she murdered her ex-husband, pushed him through a meat grinder, and fed him to the tigers.
She goes on to say, "It certainly seems that Carole Baskin had a hand in her husband’s disappearance. The police reports, that altered power of attorney, the way she laughs…How could she not be guilty."
She also brings up the "viral TikTok video parody" with the lyrics "Carole Baskin killed her husband, wacked him. Can’t convince me that it didn’t happen. Fed him to tigers, they snacking. What’s happening." The video, which is based on the song 'Stallion,' has been danced to by many influencers, including Charlie D’Amelio, who has 50 million followers.
Knox then writes, "In the midst of this, I keep reminding myself: What do I know of Carole Baskin—or any of these people—aside from what I’ve seen in this documentary? The answer: nothing. And is this documentary an objective and comprehensive overview of the facts? Or is it a sensational story whose north star for every important storytelling decision is entertainment, not truth?"
She ends the essay by saying, "I don’t know if Carole Baskin killed her husband. I do know that one documentary, from one directorial point of view, is insufficient evidence for me to write off another human being (not a character) as a killer."
She also re-wrote the TikTok parody with her own lyrics: "Carole Baskin maybe killed her husband / I don’t know, I’m withholding judgment / Objective that doc series wasn’t / So let’s just have a discussion."
