Judge in Italy orders trial for Berlusconi in escort case

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 8:38 pm CST, Friday, November 16, 2018

ROME (AP) — A judge in southern Italy has ordered that former three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi go on trial over a case involving women procured for his summer villas.

Prosecutors have alleged that Berlusconi gave a businessman hundreds of thousands of euros to induce him to lie about engaging young women for the politician's villas a decade ago.

Lawyers for Berlusconi, a billionaire media mogul, weren't immediately available for comment. Italian news agency ANSA quoted them as saying they'd prove his innocence.

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Berlusconi, 82, leads the center-right Forza Italia party he founded, but is currently barred from public office due to a tax fraud conviction.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Judge-in-Italy-orders-trial-for-Berlusconi-in-13398997.php

[iluvtennis]

1. Berlusconi is a another crook and sexual assaulter like trumpty dumpty.

[RockRaven]

2. If Italy can prosecute their dirty old rich crooked politician, so can we.

Let's get it done.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Berlusconi obviously

didn't have access to Attorney Cohen to arrange "special payments" to secure the silence of certain acquaintances!
Then again, perhaps our own law enforcement people could learn from them regarding how to actually convict someone regarding corruption.

[Merlot]

4. There's a really good doc on Netflix "My Way" which tells his story

In some places the story and personality parallels trumpft. berlisconi also sought out public office to avoid indictments. Aside from avoiding prison, berlisoni had about as much legislative success as trumfpt.

Though I have to say, at least berlisconi isn't as vulgar and tacky as trumpft. But he's still pretty awful on his own merits.

[Polybius]

5. How the hell are these perverted men still so horny at their age?

The man is 82 and and has the raging hormones of a 17 year old boy.