Overview
- Damon told The Joe Rogan Experience that some people targeted by public shaming might prefer a finite prison term to reputational damage he said can last for life.
- Knox responded on X on Jan. 20, writing that this was "another thing Matt Damon could have run by me," a pointed reference to her own experience.
- In replies, she said prison does not offer clean closure, stressing its stigma and lasting trauma, and noted that "people commit suicide in prison, too."
- Her pushback revives criticism she leveled in 2021 at Stillwater, which its director acknowledged drew from her case and which she said blurred fiction and reality.
- Reports note no public response from Damon’s representatives as of the latest coverage.