The Jenny Jones Show Murder: Scott Amedure
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Send us a textThe Jenny Jones Show was taping an episode titled "Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush" on March 6th, 1995. In typical "ambush tv" fashion, Jonathan Schmitz was surprised to learn that his good friend, Scott Amedure, had a crush on him. 3 days after the taping of the show, Scott Amedure would be murdered in his own home. The case would go on to spark a debate about whether or not The Jenny Jones Show played a role in the murder. Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EvUzzbzFNcPodcast 10 Minute Murder, Gay Panic DefensePodcast, Morbid, Ep. 160https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=sports_entertainmenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealing_Same_Sex_Secret_Crushhttps://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/how-jenny-jones-eventually-killed-the-tv-talk-show-industryhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/scott-amedurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DDASyfpXVghttps://lgbtqbar.org/programs/advocacy/gay-trans-panic-defense/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
The Jenny Jones Show was taping an episode titled "Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush" on March 6th, 1995. In typical "ambush tv" fashion, Jonathan Schmitz was surprised to learn that his good friend, Scott Amedure, had a crush on him. 3 days after the taping of the show, Scott Amedure would be murdered in his own home. The case would go on to spark a debate about whether or not The Jenny Jones Show played a role in the murder.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EvUzzbzFNc
Podcast 10 Minute Murder, Gay Panic Defense
Podcast, Morbid, Ep. 160
https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=sports_entertainment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealing_Same_Sex_Secret_Crush
https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/how-jenny-jones-eventually-killed-the-tv-talk-show-industry
https://allthatsinteresting.com/scott-amedure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DDASyfpXVg
https://lgbtqbar.org/programs/advocacy/gay-trans-panic-defense/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VmAVqMBqqU&t=702s
https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/441867-what-happened-jonathan-schmitz-trial-by-media/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jenny_Jones_Show
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