Fox - The actress playing the killer of British sex-murder victim Meredith Kercher in a gruesome TV movie has sparked further outrage with some crassly insensitive comments. Hayden Panettiere, 21 -- best known as cheerleader Claire Bennet in the hit TV show "Heroes" -- robustly defended her real-life role and even questioned Knox's guilt. This as Knox's family and the family of her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito try to block the film from being broadcast on Lifetime on February 21 until after the appeal of their convictions.
Lifetime is on FIRE lately. Like if they have me this pumped about their specials then you know they're onto something big here. I've been the biggest Lifetime basher I know for pretty much as long as I remember. Just about as sexist a network as there is, male bashing all the live long day. But this is the second special in a row that I'm really jacked up to see (the first being the Craigslist Killer special).
And you know what, it looks like Lifetime may be growing up, maturing a bit, opening their eyes to see that it's not always the dudes doing all the raping, pillaging, and killing. With Amanda Knox you have the timeless case of foxy young college chic dabbling in violent sex and threesomes with her roommate, ending with results no one involved could have forseen.
