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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to stand trial on charges of abuse of power and paying an underage Moroccan girl for sex. The 74-year-old billionaire, who denies any wrongdoing, could face 15 years in prison if convicted. Examining judge Cristina Di Censo said proceedings would start April 6, after prosecutors in Milan asked for an immediate trial. On hearing the news, the premier's lawyers said, "We didn't expect anything else," Agence France-Presse reported. Andrew Medichini, AP Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to stand trial on charges he ...
LONDON -- In his impassioned defense of Bill Clinton during the Senate's 1999 impeachment trial, Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers paraphrased a famous quote by the journalist H.L. Mencken: "When you hear somebody say, 'This is not about money' -- it's about money. And when you hear somebody say, 'This is not about sex' -- it's about sex." How true. Back then, we all said that what we really cared about was whether President Clinton had lied under oath. But what we really focused on was the prurient testimony of one Monica Lewinsky, with her sordid tales of stained blue dresses and the creative use ...
Italian prosecutors today formally requested a fast-track trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for alleged abuse of power and sex with an underage prostitute. Milan's chief prosecutor, Edmondo Bruti Liberati, said in a statement that Berlusconi should head to the dock straight away and not be granted a preliminary hearing because of the "obviousness of the evidence" against him, Britain's Guardian reported. Berlusconi responded to the filing at a press conference in Rome this afternoon, calling the prosecutors' move "shameful and disgusting," according to The Associated Press. He added ...
LONDON -- Silvio Berlusconi's ongoing legal troubles just got a whole lot worse. On Wednesday, Italian prosecutors requested that the prime minister be put on trial immediately for sex-related offenses that carry a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. A judge now has five days to decide whether there is sufficient evidence to indict Berlusconi. If she decides that there is, she may consent to a fast-track trial. Otherwise, the process will slow down and involve the Italian parliament. Berlusconi called the prosecutors' action "disgusting" and characterized it as an attempt to oust his ...
A teenage Moroccan belly dancer is at the center of a widening probe into scandal-prone Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- and prosecutors want to search the office of a Berlusconi associate who they believe paid prostitutes who slept with the 74-year-old premier. Prosecutors also want to search several Milan apartments owned by Berlusconi where they believe he allowed the prostitutes to live. The investigation involves both prostitution and abuse of power. Berlusconi, a billionaire media tycoon, is no stranger to scandal or court cases. But he no longer enjoys the same political ...
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