Berlusconi Gave Me $14K 'Present': Escort

Scandal ramps up as hostess also says PM had sex with hooker

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 22, 2009 8:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Silvio Berlusconi is facing further pressure to resign after a 23-year-old revealed she had received a $14,000 "present" from the Italian PM after attending a party, reports the Times of London. The woman also says that Patrizia D'Addario, the escort at the center... Read full story »

COMMENTS

Read the comment policy

You need to Log in to Newser to comment. Don't have an account yet? Sign up now!

3 comments

A snapshot of the day's best news stories.

View Larger Grid

All Today Yesterday Pick a Date

What's Popular Now on Facebook

Miami Face-Eater Identified

Chagas Disease the 'New AIDS of the Americas'

Times (UK) (Source Grid »)

World • Celebrity • Politics

Italy • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal • showgirls

More Newser Stories

Berlusconi: I Don't Even Like Hookers

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

(NEWSER) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residences, reports the BBC. Berlusconi told a gossip magazine that the call girl who alleged she was paid over $1000 to sleep with him was "extremely well paid" by a political opponent to lie about him to destroy his reputation. He added: "I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest." More»

Berlusconi Hooker Probe to Quiz 30 Women

Italian PM allegedly told woman to 'wait for me in the big bed'

(NEWSER) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to question up to 30 women, including eastern European models, as part of a probe into the alleged procurement of prostitutes for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The sex scandal widened yesterday when a photo emerged of two young women in short dresses posing in what appears to be Belusconi's private home. One of the women photographed said Berlusconi instructed another girl to "go and wait for me in the big bed." More»

'Showgirl' Crack Is Berlusconi's Latest Gaffe

Italian business leader disturbed at PM's characterization of her

(NEWSER) - Emma Marcegaglia runs Italy’s industrialist association and just might be the country’s most powerful woman. But that didn’t stop Silvio Berlusconi from likening her to a showgirl today, Reuters reports. Speaking to Marcegaglia’s organization, the gaffe-prone Italian premier recalled when “an usher told me a showgirl was there to see me. She was in great form, very elegant.” More»

Berlusconi Indicted in Teen Sex Scandal

Prime Minister: I just make females feel 'special'

(NEWSER) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to court to stand trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage girl, then abused his authority in an attempted cover up. A judge handed down an indictment today, and trial is set to begin in early April, reports MSNBC . The case threatens to finally topple the scandal-plagued leader. Belusconi, 74, said yesterday he has no intention, however, of relinquishing his office even after hundreds of thousands of Italian women protested the aging leader over the weekend. More»

Prosecutors Link 2nd Teen to Berlusconi

Investigators hand over 227-page dossier in case

(NEWSER) - Things keep getting messier for Silvio Berlusconi: Now prosecutors claim there’s a second underage girl mixed up in his series of sex scandals. Brazilian showgirl Iris Berardi was just 17 when she visited the Italian prime minister at his summer villa and his palazzo, prosecutors hold. Meanwhile, another woman in the scandal—currently under investigation for finding prostitutes for the PM—has been taped calling him “a piece of ----,” the Telegraph reports. More»

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

What is Newser?

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser, we choose the most thought-provoking and entertaining stories from hundreds of US and international sources and reduce them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »

Partnering with: Slate

View Newser on the mobile website

Berlusconi Gave Me $14K 'Present': Escort

Scandal ramps up as hostess also says PM had sex with hooker

Italy • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal • showgirls

MOST POPULAR STORIES

[ By Views ]

[ By Comments ]

More Newser Stories

Berlusconi: I Don't Even Like Hookers

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

Berlusconi Hooker Probe to Quiz 30 Women

Italian PM allegedly told woman to 'wait for me in the big bed'

'Showgirl' Crack Is Berlusconi's Latest Gaffe

Italian business leader disturbed at PM's characterization of her

Berlusconi Indicted in Teen Sex Scandal

Prime Minister: I just make females feel 'special'

Prosecutors Link 2nd Teen to Berlusconi

Investigators hand over 227-page dossier in case

About Us

Site

Community

Site Maps

Tools

More News

What is Newser?