Although criticized frequently in recent years for his obvious and very public love for young women, Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is truly in trouble this time around. It seems that he paid several beautiful young ladies - and I use this word rather loosely - thousands of euros for sexual favors:
He has made no secret of his love of women but the sex scandal surrounding Silvio Berlusconi is now threatening to topple him, as more claims emerge of the systematic recruitment of young women paid to attend private parties at his homes in Rome and Sardinia.
With weeks to go before he hosts the G8 summit the Italian Prime Minister, 72, is facing new allegations, including claims by a Bari escort girl who says that she has recorded footage of herself in the billionaire’s bedroom. Now another woman has come forward, this time claiming that she was paid to attend the Prime Minister’s private parties after going through a hostess service, allegedly operated by a local businessman.
In an interview with The Times Barbara Montereale said that Mr Berlusconi gave her €10,000 (£8,500) “as a present” after attending one of his parties at Villa Certosa. She also claims to have received an attendance fee of €1,000, paid by his alleged fixer, Giampaolo Tarantini.
Those in the know say that Tarantini was as much as Berlusconi’s pimp. He arranged the good looking girls for the prime minister’s special ‘parties,’ where he reportedly had sex with at least some of them. He paid them in jewelry and cash.
The latest revelations about Berlusconi’s love life are extremely problematic for him because prostitution is illegal in Italy. Furthermore, he has always insisted that he has never done any such thing: he did not have sex with them, and he certainly did not pay them for their ’services.’ To this day he insists that the allegations are lies, fabricated by political opponents who cannot beat him in the ballot box and who have therefore chosen to simply discredit him while in office, thereby forcing him to resign.
Although he is currently fighting back, and although he could certainly survive these revelations, he will be in serious trouble if / when more people start talking.
And that would be sad thing: Berlusconi is one of the most entertaining leaders in Europe.
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