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Italy's Berlusconi found guilty of paying a minor for sex
[LATIMES] Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi...former Italian prime minister, known for his plain (for a European politician) speaking and his liking for hookers a third his age or less... was found guilty Monday of paying a minor for sex and of abuse of power in office. He was sentenced to seven years in jail and banned from public office for life. After 50 hearings over two years, the media mogul and three-time prime minster was found guilty of paying Karima el Mahroug, a Moroccan-born dancer, for sex at his mansion outside Milan in 2010 when she was 17. Paying a minor for sex in Italia is illegal. Berlusconi was also found guilty of using his post as prime minister to pressure police into releasing Mahroug into the care of one of his associates when the teenager was placed in durance vile Please don't kill me! on suspicion of theft that year, rather than allowing her to be placed under the supervision of local authorities. During a series of phone calls to Milan police, Berlusconi allegedly suggested that Mahroug was a niece of then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Despite the prison sentence, Berlusconi, 76, will remain free and be allowed to participate in politics while he appeals the verdict handed down by a panel of judges in Milan. Under Italia's three-tier legal system, he will be able to file two appeals against the sentence and will not serve any jail time until a final verdict is handed down by the Italian Supreme Court, which could take years. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-25 |
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