New accounts put forth by the prosecution in the trial of U.S. student Amanda Knox for murder present a lurid tale that allegedly arose as part of a Satanic rite of initiation. Knox, who has been imprisoned in Italy since the body of her British roommate was discovered after having been fatally stabbed, insisted she was innocent and that she herself had been a victim of police brutality during the interrogation following her arrest. She remains imprisoned, as does her former Italian boyfriend and an individual who allegedly masterminded the slaying, as authorities attempt to conduct an expedited trial on the matter.