06/26/2013
The former prime minister paid a Moroccan-born dancer for sex when she was 17, judges rule. He is also found guilty of abuse of power.
ROME — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 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 Italy is illegal.
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| Hoe, turned prop for Left, Karima el Mahroug, also known as “Ruby the Heart-Stealer,”pictured outside Milan courthouse |
ROME — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 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 Italy is illegal.
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*additional editing: mine
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