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'30 women brought to Berlusconi'
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September 17, 2011, Saturday
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AN Italian businessman recruited more than 30 women to attend parties at Premier Silvio Berlusconi's homes, selecting them for their looks and age and paying some of them to have sex with the leader, prosecutors investigating the man say.
They allege that between September 2008 and May 2009 Gianpaolo Tarantini recruited women of "young age, slender frame," and told them what to wear and how to behave at the parties, according to a newly filed court document.
Prosecutors have wrapped up their investigation into Tarantini's alleged activities. In the document summing up their conclusions, they charge that Tarantini was paying the women so he could win favor with Berlusconi and, through him, obtain jobs with state-run companies and agencies.
Berlusconi is not under investigation in the case. But the revelations are proving further embarrassment for the 74-year-old leader, already facing criticism over Italy's financial crisis and engulfed in a sex scandal.
"Italy Deserves Better," La Stampa newspaper said in an editorial yesterday.
Berlusconi is already on trial in four separate cases in Milan on charges of corruption, tax fraud and paying for sex with a minor.
He may face another one after a judge said on Thursday he should be indicted for his role in the publication five years ago, in a family-owned newspaper, of wiretaps that damaged a political rival and were covered by the secrecy of an ongoing probe.
Tarantini has insisted Berlusconi didn't pay the women and didn't know that he did.
Tarantini is under investigation for allegedly aiding and abetting prostitution.
They allege that between September 2008 and May 2009 Gianpaolo Tarantini recruited women of "young age, slender frame," and told them what to wear and how to behave at the parties, according to a newly filed court document.
Prosecutors have wrapped up their investigation into Tarantini's alleged activities. In the document summing up their conclusions, they charge that Tarantini was paying the women so he could win favor with Berlusconi and, through him, obtain jobs with state-run companies and agencies.
Berlusconi is not under investigation in the case. But the revelations are proving further embarrassment for the 74-year-old leader, already facing criticism over Italy's financial crisis and engulfed in a sex scandal.
"Italy Deserves Better," La Stampa newspaper said in an editorial yesterday.
Berlusconi is already on trial in four separate cases in Milan on charges of corruption, tax fraud and paying for sex with a minor.
He may face another one after a judge said on Thursday he should be indicted for his role in the publication five years ago, in a family-owned newspaper, of wiretaps that damaged a political rival and were covered by the secrecy of an ongoing probe.
Tarantini has insisted Berlusconi didn't pay the women and didn't know that he did.
Tarantini is under investigation for allegedly aiding and abetting prostitution.
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