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Amanda Knox: I was sexually harassed in prison
Amanda Knox is revealing that during her four-year ordeal behind bars she was sexually harassed by a high-ranking Italian prison administrator, "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Peter Van Sant reported on "The Early Show."
Knox returned to her home in Seattle this week after an Italian appeals court overturned her conviction in the murder of her British roommate in 2007.
A letter written by Knox gives details of the manipulation and sexual intimidation she says she endured while in prison.
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"We learn about sexual harassment inside prison where an administrator would take her up to his office alone at night and say a number of inappropriate things to her, and that left Amanda terrified," Van Sant said on "The Early Show" in advance of a report to air on Saturday night's "48 Hours Mystery,"
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Viewers will hear from Amanda's father, Curt Knox, in the special report. He spoke with Van Sant Wednesday in Seattle, telling him about his daughter's last moments of incarceration and her first days of freedom.
That final journey began earlier this week in Perugia - inside a tense courtroom when the verdict was read. And at first, Amanda Knox and her family didn't quite realize what had just happened.
Curt Knox told Van Sant, "I watched Amanda. And I saw her slump. And I went, 'No.' And then our attorney that speaks English turned around and said, 'She's free.' And I'll tell ya - couldn't be - couldn't be better."
Van Sant said to Curt Knox, "Unbelievable moment."
"Yup," he said. "It's a nightmare period. And we've now kind of woken up and realized that the nightmare's over.
"I lost one of my daughters for a while,' Curt Knox said. "It's not gonna happen again."
When asked if he could believe that Amanda Knox had been freed, Curt Knox said, "I'm still pinchin' myself."
Van Sant asked, "Does Amanda understand that her story grabbed the attention of the entire world, that literally millions of people came to care for her?"
"I think she's beginning to understand that," he replied. "But I think the real first, you know, hit on that was, you know, that press conference when she came to Seattle. I think it really - it really was something that hit her hard, you know, that so many people cared."
At that press conference on Tuesday, Amanda Knox told reporters, "I'm really overwhelmed right now. My family is the most important thing right now, and I just want to go and be with them."
Van Sant asked Amanda's dad, "What sets her off? What makes her emotional?"
Curt Knox said, "Well, just the realization that she's no longer in prison and she's now home. It's huge when you've been in prison for four years for something you didn't do in a foreign country."
So what does Amanda want to do with her life next? Finish her degree, according to her father.
"She, maybe in five years, she may be, you know, an advocate for people that have been wrongfully convicted and trying to have them feel what she felt and let it be known that there still is a light at the end of the tunnel," Curt Knox said/
Van Sant said, "She suddenly has control in her life again."
Curt Knox said of his daughter, "She's almost kind of reborn in a way. I mean, living for four years inside a concrete and steel, you know, prison, and now being able to kind of just look around, smell the air and - and just do what she wants to do, hopefully when she wants to do it, it makes a huge difference."
Van Sant added on "The Early Show" that Amanda Knox can't do everything she wants to do - at least not quite yet. She's become one of the most recognizable faces in the world. Van Sant said her father told him that she would love to do simple things again, such as go out to her favorite places, have an ice cream and visit friends. However, she has not yet set foot in public because of all the news crews and paparazzi camped outside the house - just waiting to take that first picture.
"48 Hours Mystery" airs Saturday night at 10 p.m ET/9 p.m. CT, with a special look back on the Amanda Knox case. Check out a preview of "Amanda Knox: The untold story now.
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I don't know either way if this girl is guilty or innocent. To actually 'know' one would have to be there and witness the scene as it unfolds. And, released prisoners show us the even eye witnesses can be wrong.
What appalls me is that there are people 1000's of miles away from the crime, trial, and jury who profess to 'know she had something to do with this crime'. How? Ouija Board? Tea Leaves? Oh I know, Tarot Cards?
Please, please, creep back into the 21st century for a moment and understand the centuries old concept of 'innocent until proven guilty'.
In Italy, we saw the system is different. A cross in the courtroom is a big start. 2 judges in the jury is another. I suppose guilty until proven innocent is standard there as well.
But in Amanda's case, the prosecutor was on a witch hunt. Magnini is a coward who cant admit when he is wrong. Now he too will have to face jail for prosecuting an innocent photographer (he investigated a serial murderer and because he discovered more information than the incompetant police services, was accused of the crime by Magnini).
A killer just walked free imho, yet most are fooled by her innocent looking demeanor.
Sounds to me like this women is into some wild and kinky sexual activities that her momma surely didn't teach her.
Misogyny is a central part of sexist prejudice and ideology and, as such, is an important basis for the oppression of females in male-dominated societies.
Are you seriously suggesting that Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were accessories on the wrist of a small-time pot dealer/drifter/burglar? Which university did you go to? Oh no don't tell me, the university of life or something. Well Amanda and Raff attend institutions of real academic achievement and do not become accessories to murders carried out by desperate drifters suddenly one evening no matter how many casual contingencies take place between them during that evening. Not forgetting of course, that Rudy, Raff, and Amanda (Amanda and Raff being virtual strangers to Rudy), would have had to meet up, go through their casual contingencies, plan and suddenly murder someone together in the space of two hours.
That isn't stupidity. It's bullshi#.
Take it from a former military investigator- the first thing that they teach you in investigations IS TO LOOK FOR WHAT IS 1. Most common, 2. most reasonable, and 3.most logical.
Amanda--- 1. Never cried over the other roommates death.
2. Never cried till she got before a judge and then she cried fro herself.
3. Never to the police that she was scared for her life.
4. Never shouted in dismay at the news of the death.
5. Never said she "missed" her roommate.
6. Amanda stood outside the apartment and chose to spend her time putting her tongue down her boyfriends throat instead of shedding a tear.( she was making out with boyfriend while the police were putting up crime tape.)
7. Never begged the prosecution and judge to find the real killer before someone else is hurt.
8. She never demanded to know what happened in that apartment that night.
9. She never said it was a shame that the roommate died so young and violently.......
I will end it here just to be polite. I could go on for hours more.
Her responses and actions were virtually all abnormal reactions or actions following an event like this. They were almost all illogical and not what you would expect a reasonable person to do.
She may not have done the killing but she was in on the murder and knows alot more than she is telling. People rat out others for a lesser sentence all the time (especially when they are innocent). They only stay tight lipped when they are just as guilty or they fear they are an accessory to murder.
She through blame without any details. She got away with murder.
DNA from only 1 person, Rudy Guede, was in the room
DNA was described as being ALL OVER the room
So, if a cleansing effort had taken place, Guede's would have been removed
Guede fled.
Amanda Knox stayed, which is what an innocent person would do if they
have nothing to fear.
The prosecutor has a history of seeing "Satanic" influence and is also in charge of the investigation.
Amanda Knox was questioned without a lawyer present in a foreign country with a foreign language.
Clearly, the most logical scenario is the prosecutor saw the crime thru his "satan glasses" where everything looks like satan, even the sky, and then used his widely reaching power as prosecutor, detective, etc to force the facts to fit his theory.
What's more "LOGICAL"? Girl meets dude, stays at his house, comes home to find a ROOMATE dead or Girl worships the devil, has orgy, and flies around the room with her magical witch powers leaving NO DNA to kill a girl for sexual pleasure, then decides to hang out in Italy just to rub it in.
Your analysis above is based entirely on what YOU determine to be appropriate EMOTIONAL responses to a situation. First of all, the girl was a ROOMATE. Not a sister, life long best friend, or even family pet. So who is to determine the amount of "crying" required? Second, who is to say she never cried? She was reported to have mourned at home with her boyfriend and not at a police station. Seems reasonable to me, especially considering SHOCK and the time it takes to grieve.
Regarding never "said" or "demanded"... how do you know? Were you there? Maybe she said it in English and a translator wasn't present. Or maybe she said it inside to herself because she knew no one would understand her language.
Also, it is LOGICAL to believe a person to continue proclaiming innocence if actually INNOCENT.
"Ratting someone out, especially if they are innocent" is the most absurd upside down nonsense I've heard. Maybe innocents are forced because people are so willing to convict an innocent to have some sense of justice or resolution.
Convicting an innocent is not justice. It's injustice. Someone better be DAMN sure. This woman has had 4 years stolen from her life IN ADDITION to the victim's loss of life. I see TWO injustices that need to be settled and only one has been. Rudy Guede is behind bars, serving his sentence. Who cares what color he is?? Does being a certain race exclude him from the ability to leave DNA or commit a crime?
Your logical is unreasonable nonsense. Thankfully you are a FORMER "military investigator", which I find hard to believe. Stop watching actors on television as a judge to how someone should react. They are paid to enhance drama.