"There are a lot of people who try to collect me as a kind of trophy," she added.

[madmusic]

Kampusch's story made headlines around the world after she re-emerged on August 23, 2006, eight years after being kidnapped on her way to school in the Austrian capital Vienna at age 10.

In an interview with Germany's NDR radio broadcast on Thursday, Kampusch said she still did not feel free, three years after her escape.

"I have to constantly defend myself and constantly justify the way I am, and that takes a lot of energy. Nobody lets me be me," she said.

"There are a lot of people who try to collect me as a kind of trophy," she added.

EDIT: http://www.expatica.com/de/news/german-news/Three-years-on_-Kampusch-faces-questions-over-lone-kidnapper--_55840.html