Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted on Wednesday over allegations that he bribed witnesses in the notorious underage prostitution case, colloquially referred to as ‘Banga Banga’ parties.
It was alleged that Berlusconi bribed witnesses to lie in a previous trial in which he was charged with paying for sex in 2010 with then-17-year-old Moroccan nightclub dancer Karima el-Mahroug, who is also known by her stage name "Ruby the Heart Stealer."
An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a underage prostitution case that has dogged the former prime minister for more than a decade.
Rome, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) A Milan court acquitted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and 28 other people charged with corruption after a six-year trial, a judicial report stated on Wednesday.
Silvio Berlusconi has not been proven to have bribed witnesses during the infamous bunga bunga sex trial. One of his defense lawyers stated Monday that there is no evidence to support the claim. He called for the ex-Italian prime minister to be acquitted at a new trial related to the case. Berlusconi was cleared by […]