Amanda Knox: Sexually Harassed Behind Bars & Told She Was HIV Positive
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 @ 04:00PM
As Amanda Knox ventured out for the first time over the weekend in her hometown of Seattle, to pick up toothpaste and a candy bar, we're learning new details about the terrifying four years she spent in Italy’s Capanne prison -- a period that included sexual harassment and prison officials telling her (falsely) that she was HIV positive.
ABC News reported the American exchange student claims she was subjected to numerous incidents in which prison officials took liberties with her in a below-the-belt manner: On one occasion, a male guard broke policy and entered her cell alone and made sexually-based remarks; another incident consisted of a high-ranking authority at the prison calling her in his office for a late night meeting in which he wanted to talk about sex.
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Most shockingly, the 24-year-old said she was falsely told she was HIV Positive by prison officials, who forced her to compose a list of all the sexual partners she’d had -- a list that was subsequently leaked to Italian media and published.
Knox wrote in her diary at the time of the faux diagnosis: "Please oh please, let it not be true. I don't want to die."
"I think the Italian courts ... practically made sure that Amanda was going to be harassed in prison,” Vanity Fair's Judy Bachrach told the network, “since they made her sex life so much of a focus of the first trial.”
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Knox could sue the prison for the alleged indiscretions, but would have to go back to Italy to file such a suit, ABC reported.
Knox, who last week was acquitted in the killing of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, promptly returned to Washington. The network also reported that Kercher's family might file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Knox in her death.
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The Daily Juice
boo-hoo you are not so innocent, you were involved you may not have killed her but you were there and you know more than you are saying....rich bit** if you were black you'd still be in jail
Posted Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:57pm
Party on Amanda -- sleeping with SEVEN different men after less than a month in Italy? Hope she's getting tested.
Posted Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:47pm
She was found not guilty. Leave her alone! This poor girl had four years of hell in a prison in Italy. Time to let her heal!
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 11:07pm
Let's not interfere with her efforts to earn multimillions $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Posted Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:48pm
maybe you judging her should go to Italy maybe you'll get the same fate then what would you be saying
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 8:55pm
All you idiots saying she did it where's your evidence? the family should find the real killer and not be so greedy
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 8:52pm
If you have any doughts just google this skank and you will be shocked at how guilty she is. This is a killer
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 7:44pm
Prison chaplain Saulo Scarabattoli said: ‘She was hopeful of being freed and also very anxious.
I hope the truth comes out. I truly believe she is innocent.’
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 7:11pm
Amanda Fox should not release such information and save it for a big time paid interview so that she can pay
off her grand-ma's debt and have few bucks in the pocket for the sufferings and loss of time and liberty she endured.
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 6:53pm
I've arranged for Joran van der Sloot to be released for two weeks next summer to accompany us on our snorkeling trip to Aruba which will include MJ and Nancy Disgrace lovers. One way ticket to paradise baby!
Posted Mon, 10/10/2011 - 6:41pm