An investigation into the prime minister over the case of 'Ruby', an under age prostitute, opened on 21 December 2010. In a note Milan prosecutor Bruti Liberati explained that the crimes are suspected to have been committed in Arcore 'between February and May 2010, the injured party being Karima el Mahroug', otherwise known as Ruby.
He is 74, she was a 17 year-old nightclub dancer, she came to one of his parties, for which she says she was paid €7,000 last year. Later when she was arrested Berlusconi called the police and got her sprung. Under Italian law sex with a prostitute under the age of 18 is a criminal offence. She says they didn’t have sex and he says it is laughable and politically motivated left-wing prosecutors are trying to get him.
This is Berlusconi's top woman
1. Noemi Letitzia
Noemi Letitzia, 18, schoolgirl who calls Berlusconi 'Papi' and who has been the subject of media spotlight after it emerged he had visited her coming of age party and gave her a 6000 euro gold and diamond necklace2. Nicole Minetti
Nicole Minetti, a showgirl turned dental hygienist who he met when his teeth were being repaired after he was attacked in Milan in December. Silvio Berlusconi has shortlisted his dental hygienist to contest crucial elections next month.
3. Barbara Matera
Barbara Matera, 28, science graduate and the only succesful one of the original four showgirl candidates to be put forward as MEP. But she is better known for her appearance in Miss Italia and her TV career where she has appeared as an announcer
4. Camilla Ferranti
Camilla Ferranti, 30, actress named on the MEP list but failed to make the cut. She has posed semi-naked for a variety of calendars and magazines and has also appeared in several Italian soap operas5. Eleonora Gaggioli
Eleonora Gaggioli, 29. She also has a glittering past as a TV star and a search on the internet for her throws up several photographs of her posing in her underwear on a leopard print sofa. Eleonora was also named in the so-called Silvio tapes
6. Mara Carfagna
Mara Carfagna, 33, former model, Miss Italy contestant and calendar girl but never 'anything erotic' now Equal Opportunities Minister in Berlusconi's cabinet. At an awards dinner Berlusconi told Miss Carfagna that if he was single he'd marry her
7. Eleonora and Imma De Vivo
Eleonora (student) and Imma De Vivo, (surgeon's assistant) both 27, and twins who sprung to fame after appearing on L'Isola dei Famosi (I'm a Survivor Get Me Out of Here)8. Elena Russo
Elena Russo, 35, again one of five women mentioned on he so called Silvio tapes where Berlusconi calls a TV produer friend asking him to find jobs for the women he later calls his "little butterflies"
9. Graziana Capone
Graziana Capone, a law graduate and model who has been dubbed "the Angelina Jolie of Puglia," the southern region from which she hails, was recently hired to help mould Mr Berlusconi's image on television, La Repubblica reported. She had also been touted as a possible candidate in the elections10. Veronica Lario
Veronica Lario, 52, Berlusconi's long suffering wife of 20 years and mother of his three children. They started an affair while he was still married to first wife and he saw her topless on stage
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