Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian Premier, was found not guilty of witness tampering in a trial tied to sexually charged “bunga bunga” parties he held near Milan.
of paying off witnesses to lie in earlier trials. Prosecutors had sought a six-year prison sentence for him, along with $10.7 million in damages. A further 28 people, including the woman at the center of the scandal, Karima el-Mahroug, were also all found not guilty on Wednesday.
"I am very happy,'' el-Mahroug told reporters after hearing the verdict."I just need a moment to assimilate this fact, to believe it." Karima El Mahroug, aka Ruby Rubacuori, one of the girls who attended the infamous Bunga Bunga parties, presents her book to prosecutor Tiziana Siciliano, right, in Italy, on Feb. 15, 2023.
The 86-year-old three-time former premier is currently head of the third party in Italy’s right-wing governing coalition, whose popularity has shrunk significantly from its heyday to around 6% now, according to polls.Giorgia Meloni welcomed Wednesday's verdict, saying it"puts an end to a long judicial affair that had important repercussions on Italian political and institutional life.
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