Berlusconi denies 'spicy' affair

[Faustian]

Hilarious....

 

I'm half his age, but I wonder what people would think if I invited a 17 year old model to stay at my home....and then bought her very expensive gifts....

 

Whilst he offers some plausible excuses for some of his behaviour, he fails to explain why they were together so often....

 

Anyway, if he shagged her it is impossible to prove or disprove unless the lady in question speaks up, which she wont....

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8072646.stm

 

Berlusconi denies 'spicy' affair

 

 

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied having an affair with an underage girl and said he would resign if he was caught lying about it.

 

Mr Berlusconi said that if someone asked had he had "a spicy or more than spicy" relationship with a minor, his answer would be "absolutely not".

 

"I have sworn this on the lives of my children," he told reporters in Rome.

 

Mr Berlusconi, 72, is under pressure to explain his relationship with Noemi Letizia, 18, an aspiring model.

 

His wife, Veronica Lario, announced earlier this month that she was divorcing him after it was reported that he had attended Ms Letizia's 18th birthday party in Naples and given her an expensive necklace.

 

"I cannot remain with a man who consorts with minors," she said.

 

Mr Berlusconi said he had only gone to Ms Letizia's party because he happened to be in Naples that day and was an old family friend.

 

[color:red]But photographs later emerged of them together at several social events last year, when she was 17. The prime minister also confirmed that she had stayed at his villa in Sardinia and attended a new year's party there.[/color]

 

'Furious'

During a meeting with reporters in Rome on Thursday, Mr Berlusconi repeated previous denials that he had had sex with a minor.

 

"I have answered the only question that anyone has the right to ask me: 'Prime minister, have you had a, let's say, spicy, or more than spicy, relationship with an underage girl?' The response is: 'Absolutely not,'" he said.

 

"I am aware that, if this were perjury, I would have to resign a minute later."

 

The age of consent in Italy is 16, but people under 18 are considered minors.

 

The comments come a day after the leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Dario Franceschini, asked Italians at a European Parliament election rally: "Would you want your children brought up by this man?"

 

The question provoked a furious response from Mr Berlusconi's children, who have rarely made public statements in the past.

"Angry?" asked Marina, his eldest daughter from his first marriage and chairman of publisher Mondadori, in an interview for Corriere della Sera.

 

"I am indignant. Furious. No, this is enough. This time, I don't intend to stay silent. My father has always worked a lot, but there has never been a time, a single time, in which I did not have him near when I needed him."

 

Her younger brother, Mediaset deputy chairman Pier Silvio, demanded to know how Mr Franceschini dared make such a "bad taste" remark.

 

The premier's three youngest children also said in a statement that they had been "brought up in a family atmosphere that was balanced and full of values".

 

"Politics should not turn to judging the role of a father, which has nothing to do with politics," Barbara, Eleonora and Luigi said.

 

 

[Sakai]

He is Berlusconi so nothing can happen to him.

 

This is more a sad reflect of the state of Italy (Italians are really great people but they do nothing seriously, not even war) than just one person.

 

If I was going out with a 17 years old girl back here I would be considered a pedo and would probably one day or another have problems due to it.

 

 

[shygye]

Her parents must be really sad f**kwits.

[Faustian]

It gets better....the old fraud has some interesting parties it seems...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8075276.stm

 

Berlusconi wins party photos ban

 

 

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has succeeded in blocking the publication of potentially embarrassing photos of young women at his new year's party.

 

Mr Berlusconi, 72, is under pressure to explain his relationship with 18-year-old Noemi Letizia, who was among the guests. He denies having an affair.

 

Local media say some of the photographs show young women in bikinis or topless.

 

Prosecutors ordered the seizure of about 700 images in total, taken at the new year's party and other occasions.

 

The pictures were taken from outside Mr Berlusconi's villa on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia by a Sardinian photographer, Antonello Zappadu, using a powerful lens.

 

In a letter to the Italian data protection agency, Mr Berlusconi complained that the photographer had intruded on his guests' privacy.

 

Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Serra described some of the images as showing "bikini-clad or topless girls" relaxing in the gardens or taking showers.

 

In a letter published in the paper, Mr Zappadu denied violating the guests' privacy, saying his pictures were taken while they were outside in the villa's grounds.

 

Mr Berlusconi's personal life has been under scrutiny since his wife, Veronica Lario, announced earlier this month that she was divorcing him after it was reported that he had attended Ms Letizia's 18th birthday party in April and given her an expensive necklace.

 

"I cannot remain with a man who consorts with minors," she said then.

 

Mr Berlusconi has confirmed that Ms Letizia, an aspiring model, has stayed at his villa in Sardinia and attended a new year's party there but has denied any improper relationship with her.

Speaking to reporters in Rome on Thursday, he said he would resign if he was caught lying about it.

 

The age of consent in Italy is 16, but people under 18 are considered minors.