Berlusconi's Skeevy Love Life Vs. the G8

Turns out El Duche was a douche

(NEWSER) - Benito Mussolini and Silvio Berlusconi: Both charismatic leaders of Italy, both wildly popular, both…voracious sexual omnivores. The Independent takes a look at two recent publications—a diary by Mussolini’s mistress, and a memoir by a prostitute who supposedly spent two nights with Berlusconi. A sampling of the salacious details:

• The morning after: Berlusconi offered up coffee or tea and gave a gem-encrusted tortoise as a parting gift; Mussolini’s flings ended without “coffee, liqueur, or even a piece of cake,” writes Clara Petacci in her diary.

(NEWSER) - World leaders have begun arriving in Italy for the G8 summit, which at the last minute Silvio Berlusconi relocated to L'Aquila—the devastated town where 300 died in a massive earthquake. While many praised the Italians for quickly rehousing the victims, rebuilding has been stalled and 15,000 people are still living in tents. "The city's situation is frozen," one man in L'Aquila told the Independent. More»

Wiretap dishes yet more dirt on Italian PM

(NEWSER) - Pimps, prostitutes, wiretaps, and blackmail: It's another week for the Berlusconi administration. Italian prosecutors have charged eight people with supplying prostitutes for sex parties at the prime minister's residence, reports the BBC . The ring was allegedly run by businessman Giampaolo Tarantini, who is already behind bars on charges that he attempted to extort cash from Berlusconi in return for lying to investigators. More»

Italian PM ready to leave his 'shitty' country

(NEWSER) - The “bunga bunga” fallout continues: Police nabbed an Italian businessman for allegedly blackmailing Silvio Berlusconi in the sex scandal that’s clouded his tenure as prime minister. Giampaolo Tarantini has acknowledged recruiting women for Berlusconi’s alleged sex parties, but he’s maintained that the PM didn’t know that some were escorts. Police say Tarantini was paid almost $750,000 to protect Berlusconi and to seek a fast-track trial that would reveal as little as possible about the parties. More»

Prosecutors probing Italian PM seize 'bunga bunga' pics

(NEWSER) - Photos from Silvio Berlusconi's raunchy "bunga bunga" sex parties have emerged from prosecutors' 20,000-page dossier on the Italian prime minister. The racy photos were seized from the computers and cell phones of people who attended the notorious parties at Berlusconi's home near Milan, the Telegraph reports. Published photos reveal girl-on-girl kissing and a dominatrix swinging handcuffs. More»