[1] In 2018, her father, who had been her election agent, was convicted of raping a child and she was no-fault suspended during an investigation into safeguarding failures by the party.

[1] She subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats in 2019 and was suspended after tweets appeared on her fiance's account stating he fantasized about children having sex, which she attributed to hacking.

Approximately 200 subreddits went private in protest of the ban and Knight's employment, arguing she hadn't been vetted properly due to her father and fiance.

Reddit's CEO issued a statement that the ban had been the result of an overzealous automated moderating system meant to prevent doxxing and that she was no longer employed by the company.

[2] She has been subject to harassment from anti-trans activists who have attempted to use her to link trans women and transgender rights with child abuse.

[7] In February 2013, Knight - then 15 and affiliated with Anonymous - was arrested on suspicion of planning to carry out a cyberattack on the Bull Ring website in protest of tax evasion.

[9] She has stated that her transgender identity was questioned because she was autistic by her extended family when she came out and later by the NHS, who required her to get autism diagnosis to be re-confirmed over six months before being referred to a gender services clinic.

[6][27][28] After her father's sentencing, Knight stood down from the Green Party's deputy leadership election, releasing a statement that she was horrified and saddened by his crimes and had only learnt the details of them just before his conviction.

[34] Verita, the firm hired to perform the inquiry, found in January 2019 that she had committed a "serious error of judgement" in appointing her father as her campaign manager though she was in difficult circumstances and not given "training and support".

[36][35] The report recommended the party update its code of conduct, review its safeguarding policies, and speak to the police department about whether it should have notified them of the charges.

[2] In March 2021, Reddit banned a moderator for the r/ukpolitics subreddit for sharing a Spectator Magazine article mentioning Knight.

[2][43] He stated that Knight had been inadequately vetted before being hired, was no longer employed at the company, and that they would review their relevant internal processes.

[7] Anti-trans activists have harassed Knight and attempted to use her story to link the transgender rights movement and trans women with child abuse.