"Salman Rushdie Stabbing Trial Potentially Postponed for Memoir Release"
The trial of Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, may be postponed due to Rushdie's upcoming memoir about the attack, "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder." The defense is entitled to the manuscript for trial preparation, and a decision on the delay will be made soon. Rushdie, who was severely injured in the August 2022 attack, has written about the experience, but his representatives have declined to provide the manuscript, citing intellectual property rights. The trial was set to begin with jury selection on January 8, but the publication of Rushdie's memoir in April could impact the proceedings. Matar has praised the late Ayatollah Khomeini and has been held without bail since the attack.
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