A 22-year-old woman who paid her way through undergraduate school at Duke by performing porn seems to be off to a fresh start in the Big Apple.
Adult film actress Belle Knox, who has been known to speak candidly about her suicidal past and financial setbacks, is currently enrolled at New York Law School in Tribeca, sources confirmed to Page Six.
Troubling life details about Knox, whose birth name is Miriam Weeks, were recently made into a Lifetime drama, ‘From Straight A’s to XXX.’
The studious performer first shot to fame at 18 after it was disclosed she had been making scandalous films to pay her steep tuition fees.
The teen at the time told DailyMail.com she was ‘aroused’ by pain – as seen in troubling modeling photos taken prior to her career in the porn.
Belle Knox poses for photos on March 18, 2014 in New York City. The adult film star shot to fame years ago after is was disclosed she paid her way through Duke with the profession
Knox is now a student at New York Law School in Tribeca, sources confirmed to Page Six
A worrisome carving of the word ‘FAT’ was pictured in photos on her left thigh.
‘Oh yeah, she is a major league cutter,’ one blogger said in an online post.
‘From the thighs down to the toes… apparently, her ex-boyfriend that cheated on her told her she was fat so she carved the word into her thigh,’ the user suggested.
Other viewers of her videos remarked about the scars, commenting that the cutting ‘should be more of a concern than having sex on camera.’
Knox told XOJane previously: ‘I’m a sl*t that needs to be punished.’
The law school student has acknowledged being a cutter, but says those days are behind her.
The student told DailyMail.com that her parents were not aware of her decision to enter the adult industry but became ‘absolutely supportive’ of her choice at the time
The law school student has also acknowledged being a cutter, but says those days are behind her
Knox, who has caused nationwide uproar and family heartache, was raised a devout Roman Catholic in a loving home in Spokane, Washington
‘Like man young women grappling with depression, I used to take it out on myself,’ she said, while insisting she had been clean from self-harm for years.
Knox, who has caused nationwide uproar and family heartache, was raised a devout Roman Catholic in a loving home in Spokane, Washington.
Miriam’s father Kevin and mother Harcharan, were reportedly ‘floored’ at first by their daughter’s decision to turn to porn to fund her $60,000-a-year education at the elite university.
The student told DailyMail.com that her parents were not aware of her decision to enter the adult industry but ultimately became ‘absolutely supportive’ of her choice.
Belle described her first experience making a film, which featured a violent scene in which she performed oral sex on her male co-star.
But more recently the film star has been out of the spotlight as she focuses on her studies
Know, a self-proclaimed feminist, majored in Women’s Studies and Sociology at Duke University
A man who met Knox for dinner recently said she ‘wouldn’t stop talking to herself’
She said the scene was ‘feminist’ because of the ‘painful,’ nasty’, name-calling-filled romp session.
The self-proclaimed feminist majored in Women’s Studies and Sociology at Duke University.
When out of class, she spent her time filming and traveling from Los Angeles to Phoenix and New York for photo shoots.
More recently, the film star has been out of the spotlight as she focuses on her grades.
A man who met Knox for dinner at San Remo Cafe in Greenwich Village, told Page Six she seemed rambunctious.
‘She was really loud and wouldn’t stop talking about herself,’ the man said.