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Berlusconi announces engagement to 27 yo before divorce; sex trial verdict may be before election
He keep journalists busy, anyway:
In a wide-ranging interview aired on the talk show 'Domenica Live' on his Canale 5 TV network, the 76-year-old billionaire said he was engaged to Francesca Pascale, his 27-year old girlfriend.
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He has five children from two marriages but is yet to reach agreement with Veronica Lario on the terms of their divorce. Recent media reports suggest no agreement has been reached on the settlement. His first wife was Carla Elvira Dall'Oglio, who he was married to from 1965 to 1985. He married Ms Lario in 1990.
Mr Berlusconi plans to launch his fourth bid to be prime minister in elections expected to be held in February next year unless the current technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti decides to run for office.
The tycoon also used Sunday's interview to lash out at the Milan trial where he is fighting charges that he paid for sex with an under age prostitute, the then 17-year-old exotic dancer, Karima El-Mahroug, better known as "Ruby the Heart Stealer".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/silvio-berlusconi/9748985/Silvio-Berlusconi-announces-engagement-to-27-year-old.html
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He has five children from two marriages but is yet to reach agreement with Veronica Lario on the terms of their divorce. Recent media reports suggest no agreement has been reached on the settlement. His first wife was Carla Elvira Dall'Oglio, who he was married to from 1965 to 1985. He married Ms Lario in 1990.
Mr Berlusconi plans to launch his fourth bid to be prime minister in elections expected to be held in February next year unless the current technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti decides to run for office.
The tycoon also used Sunday's interview to lash out at the Milan trial where he is fighting charges that he paid for sex with an under age prostitute, the then 17-year-old exotic dancer, Karima El-Mahroug, better known as "Ruby the Heart Stealer".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/silvio-berlusconi/9748985/Silvio-Berlusconi-announces-engagement-to-27-year-old.html
A Milan judge set the date for the final hearing of Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial on Monday, making a verdict possible before elections early next year when the media magnate will seek his fifth term as prime minister.
Judge Giulia Turri said, barring further delays, the last hearing would be on February 4. The most likely election dates are February 17 or February 24.
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A week ago, the main witness - Karima El Mahroug - failed to appear in court, delaying the trial by a month. El Mahroug, better known by her stage name "Ruby the Heartstealer", later told her lawyer she was on holiday in Mexico.
Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini told the court that El Mahroug's absence was part of a engineered "strategy" to delay the verdict until after the vote.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/uk-italy-berlusconi-ruby-idUKBRE8BG0LL20121217
Judge Giulia Turri said, barring further delays, the last hearing would be on February 4. The most likely election dates are February 17 or February 24.
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A week ago, the main witness - Karima El Mahroug - failed to appear in court, delaying the trial by a month. El Mahroug, better known by her stage name "Ruby the Heartstealer", later told her lawyer she was on holiday in Mexico.
Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini told the court that El Mahroug's absence was part of a engineered "strategy" to delay the verdict until after the vote.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/uk-italy-berlusconi-ruby-idUKBRE8BG0LL20121217
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