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 .
Troubling life details about Knox, whose birth name is Miriam Weeks, were recently made into a Lifetime drama, 'From Straight As 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 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