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Amanda Knox says she was sexually harassed in prison

A letter written by Knox gives details of the manipulation and sexual intimidation she says she endured while in prison

CBS News

SEATTLE — 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.

“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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