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September 20, 2011, Tuesday
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ITALIAN Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in the spotlight once again for revelations about his sex life, was in court yesterday for the resumption of one of four trials against him.
The premier made no comment as his motorcade entered a Milan court at a side entrance.
Berlusconi is accused of bribing UK lawyer David Mills to lie in court in the 1990s to protect his business interests. Mills was convicted in 2009 of taking a US$600,000 bribe, but the verdict was overturned when Italy's highest criminal court ruled the statute of limitations had expired.
Berlusconi has denied wrongdoing and accused the Milan magistrates of launching politically motivated prosecutions against him.
In addition to the Mills case and two others involving his business interests, Berlusconi is on trial for allegedly paying a 17-year-old to have sex with him during the frequent dinner parties he threw for young women at his residences. Both he and the woman deny the accusations.
Concern is also growing over whether the billionaire media mogul premier, who allegedly boasted in one intercepted chat that he "did only eight" women in one night can concentrate on rescuing Italy from its economic crisis.
Berlusconi has said he will serve until elections in 2013.
The premier made no comment as his motorcade entered a Milan court at a side entrance.
Berlusconi is accused of bribing UK lawyer David Mills to lie in court in the 1990s to protect his business interests. Mills was convicted in 2009 of taking a US$600,000 bribe, but the verdict was overturned when Italy's highest criminal court ruled the statute of limitations had expired.
Berlusconi has denied wrongdoing and accused the Milan magistrates of launching politically motivated prosecutions against him.
In addition to the Mills case and two others involving his business interests, Berlusconi is on trial for allegedly paying a 17-year-old to have sex with him during the frequent dinner parties he threw for young women at his residences. Both he and the woman deny the accusations.
Concern is also growing over whether the billionaire media mogul premier, who allegedly boasted in one intercepted chat that he "did only eight" women in one night can concentrate on rescuing Italy from its economic crisis.
Berlusconi has said he will serve until elections in 2013.
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