Scandal-Magnet Berlusconi to Visit White House

(NEWSER) - Ouch. Maybe the one guy who regrets the publication of private photos at Silvio Berlusconi's villa more than Berlusconi himself is former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. Faces were blurred in the photos, but Topolanek admits that he's the naked man pictured standing by the pool in one of the shots. He is also, in the delicate language of the Guardian, "in a state of arousal." More»

Divorce scandal gets even stranger with rumors flying

(NEWSER) - Rumors are flying in Italy that the 18-year-old entangled in Silvio Berlusconi’s divorce drama—who calls him “Papi”—is his daughter, the New York Post reports. The prime minister sparked his wife’s ire by attending Noemi Letizia’s 18th birthday party and claims to be friends with her father, but an Italian journalist insists, “The father is no friend of Berlusconi”—and Letizia’s mother worked for Berlusconi 19 years ago. More»

And says pols can't expect much private life

(NEWSER) - Silvio Berlusconi’s daughter says she was “astounded” by allegations that the Italian premier consorted with model Noemi Letizia before she turned 18, Bloomberg reports. “I never hung out with elderly men,” Barbara Berlusconi, 25 and the mom of two, tells the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. “It’s not something I have an experience with.” More»

Man instructs woman to wait 'in Putin's bed'

(NEWSER) - Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution scandal flared anew today as Italian newspaper L’Espresso released audio recordings made by the woman who claims she was paid to attend a party with the Italian PM, the BBC reports. On the recordings, a voice said to be Berlusconi’s says: “I’m going to have a shower too, so wait for me in the big bed if you finish first.” “Which big bed?” a woman asks. “Putin’s?” More»

(NEWSER) - A Spanish newspaper has printed photos Silvio Berlusconi managed to keep out of the Italian press, showing a naked man and "semi-naked" young women lounging around the pool at the Italian PM's villa in Sardinia, the Guardian reports. The photos in El Pais had the faces pixelated out by photographer Antonello Zappadu, who told the paper that Italian air force flights were used "virtually every weekend" to ferry Berlusconi pals, dancers, and television hostesses to the retreat. More»