legal-literature2.14 min read "Rushdie's Stabbing Memoir May Postpone Trial of Alleged Assailant"
The trial of Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, may be postponed due to Rushdie's upcoming memoir about the incident, "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder." The defense is entitled to review the manuscript, which could contain relevant information for the trial. Jury selection is set to start soon, but the defense is considering requesting a delay to obtain the memoir content. Rushdie was severely injured in the August 2022 attack, which occurred decades after a fatwa was issued against him following his book "The Satanic Verses." The memoir is seen by Rushdie as a way to respond to the violence with art.
2 years ago•Source: The Guardian
