MILAN Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on trial for allegedly having sex with an underaged prostitute, on Friday denied there had ever been sex games at parties in his villa.
I can rule out that there have ever been scenes of a sexual nature, the 76-year-old Berlusconi, wearing a dark blue suit, told judges as he addressed the packed Milan courtroom for the first time. Everything happened in front of staff and, at times, my children too came in to say hello. Berlusconi, whose reported bunga bunga parties won worldwide notoriety, has repeatedly denied having sex with Moroccan-born nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name of Ruby the Heartstealer. The centre-right leader is accused of giving Ruby cash and jewels in exchange for sex in 2010, when she was 17 years old and thus too young under Italian law to be paid as a prostitute. I was sure she was 24, like she said, Berlusconi said today, in front of a panel of three judges. Everyone was absolutely convinced that Ruby was of age. 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Crowds outside the court as were divided, as ever, between supporters and critics debating Berlusconis role in the scandal that helped precipitate his departure from power last year. Hes always done exactly what he has wanted to do, he brought this country to its knees, where we are now, handing money out here and there, dont get me started on it please, Milan resident Rosalinda Fazzi told Reuters television. Berlusconi told reporters in April he had hosted burlesque games at his residence. Prosecutors say dozens of showgirls and aspiring starlets received cash and gifts for taking part in sex games. Moroccan model Imane Fadil testified before the court in April that at one of the parties young women dressed up as nuns and stripped off while performing raunchy pole dances. At Fridays hearing, Berlusconi again accused magistrates of mounting a politically-driven campaign against him and defended the young women involved in the trial. The trial has damaged these girls, and this is is the most painful part of it, he said. Berlusconi also said he did not exert any pressure on police when, one night in May 2010, he phoned officers to ask them to release Ruby from custody, describing her as the niece of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. I read in the media that this court has already decided to convict me, but I dont want to believe it, he said. Berlusconi, who quit in November amid a mounting financial crisis, has hinted several times he plans a return to the political front line, but said this month he may not stand in elections next spring. Comments: Joe Dolce 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687044702> Everything happened in front of staff and, at times, my children too came in to say hello. Bunga bunga for everybody! Get back here little Giuseppe, I said everyone. John_P_Ott<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#> 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687037542> Look at the photo above, on the left. That woman is NOT "underage"! I volunteer to investigate!!! - EdenEast<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#> 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687051185> parent<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687037542> I agree. She has to be in her early 20s, at the very least. - - den009 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687039829> parent<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687037542> - - 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687048375> parent<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687039829> - Before you insult other commenters further, consider this: Any woman who chooses to become a prostitute; participates in sex parties, and clearly appears to be above the age of 25; loses any right to a false claim of "underage" thereafter. "The centre-right leader is accused of giving Ruby cash and jewels in exchange for sex in 2010, when she was 17 years old and thus too young under Italian law to be paid as a prostitute." She was 17 at the time of the alleged events though. This was all widely reported 2 years ago. And LOL at a guy named "John" justifying prostitution on ANY level, let alone an underage one. Even by Italian standards. John_P_Ott<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#> 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687071918> parent<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687061512> - All adults know that many women can be "prostitutes" if we use the broad meaning of the word. Many married women as well ("you provide me money and material goods; I will have sex with you"). Nothing really wrong with that; it's human nature. So please don't be so naive. - John_P_Ott: <http://disqus.com/John_P_Ott/>Agreed, the only difference is price. - Madic<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#> 4 days ago<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687191688> parent<http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?f=npdigital&t_i=223445%20http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F%3Fp%3D223445&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fberlusconi-on-trial-for-alleged-affair-with-underage-prostitute-denies-sex-ga#comment-687082111> Incredulous: <http://disqus.com/guest/7374a915f5b726523939cd69f92beed5/>Well, you'll never know for sure. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Bukan Pedanda <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > > > Suryana yang suka nyabo itu jelas nggak bakal bisa menyaingi orang Arab > pemilik petro dollar... > > -- > > French trial begins for vice ring linked to Gaddafi's son > By News Wires the 22/10/2012 - 19:00 > > The trial of seven people suspected of being involved in a high-end > prostitution ring opened in the French city of Marseille on Monday. One of > those on trial is accused of organising 20 escorts to attend a birthday > bash for Mutassim Gaddafi. > > Two men and a woman appeared in a French court Monday in a case over a > Cannes Film Festival high-end prostitution ring that had ties to a son of > slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. > Seven men and a woman went on trial in the southern port city of > Marseille, though the five chief figures are on the run and are being tried > in absentia. > > They include Elie Nahas, a Lebanese who claimed to run a modelling agency > employing young women recruited in South America, France and eastern Europe. > > The three who turned up in court were: an alleged escort girl from Cannes, > Sabrina Samari, who has admitted to procuring women; a Venezuelan named > Felix Farias who worked for a branch of Nahas's agency; and a Lebanese > driver, Antoine El Khoury. > > Nahas is accused of organising a birthday bash for one of Gaddafi's sons > Mutassim in 2004 costing $1.5 million (1.1 million euros) with several > stars and about 20 models in attendance. > > Mutassim Gaddafi was killed with his father on October 20 last year. > Investigators never questioned the son. > > Farias also caused a scandal in 2007 when he turned up at Paris's Charles > de Gaulle airport with eight young women, one of whom was a minor, to > attend the Cannes Film Festival. They were refused entry. > > They were due to stay on a 136-metre-long luxury yacht, La Savarona, which > had been rented for 350,000 euros a week. > > Wiretapped telephone conversations from the time showed the involvement of > four Lebanese nationals, a Venezuelan and two escort girls from Cannes in > an alleged prostitution ring, whose clients were rich men from the Middle > East. > > "Those really responsible are absent or have fled," said Franck De Vita, > the lawyer for Samari. > > According to Patrick Rizzo, lawyer for an anti-procuring charity that is a > civil party to the trial, it was "the political context" in 2007 and 2008 > that hampered the legal investigation. > > "Colonel Gaddafi was received at the Elysee (French presidential palace) > at the time, he was France's good friend," Rizzo said. > > "All this context did not favour international investigations." > > The inquiry established that young women of various nationalities > including models, beauty queens and escort girls, were recruited, > especially during the Cannes film festival for clients from the Middle > East, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait ready to pay thousands of dollars for their > services. > > (AFP) > > Source URL: > http://www.france24.com/en/20121022-france-opens-trial-vice-ring-linked-son-gaddafi-libya-marseille-prostitution > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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