Yes, this is the 243534th thread I've made about Berlusconi (here, here, and here for previous installements), but it's the gift that keeps on giving.
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An Italian newspaper has released audio recordings and transcripts of what it says was a night Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent with an escort.
Patrizia D'Addario told L'Espresso she had made the tapes during a visit to Mr Berlusconi's official Rome residence.
In one conversation, a man can be heard telling a woman to wait for him in "Putin's" bed after having a shower.
Mr Berlusconi has not denied Ms D'Addario attended a party at his home, but insists he did not pay for sex.
A spokesman for the 72-year-old's political grouping, People of Freedom, said L'Espresso was merely trying to revive an "already dead" scandal.
Mr Berlusconi's personal life has been under scrutiny since his wife filed for divorce in May, saying she could "not remain with a man who consorts with minors" after he attended the 18th birthday party of an aspiring model, Noemi Letizia.
The prime minister initially said he had only gone to Ms Letizia's party because she was the daughter of a family friend, but photographs later emerged of them together at social events last year, when she was 17. He also confirmed she had stayed at his villa in Sardinia.
He faced further scandal when photos were published of topless women and a naked man at his villa on Sardinia, and also of a celebrity using the prime minister's official jet to fly to the island.
Patrizia D'Addario told L'Espresso she had made the tapes during a visit to Mr Berlusconi's official Rome residence.
In one conversation, a man can be heard telling a woman to wait for him in "Putin's" bed after having a shower.
Mr Berlusconi has not denied Ms D'Addario attended a party at his home, but insists he did not pay for sex.
A spokesman for the 72-year-old's political grouping, People of Freedom, said L'Espresso was merely trying to revive an "already dead" scandal.
Mr Berlusconi's personal life has been under scrutiny since his wife filed for divorce in May, saying she could "not remain with a man who consorts with minors" after he attended the 18th birthday party of an aspiring model, Noemi Letizia.
The prime minister initially said he had only gone to Ms Letizia's party because she was the daughter of a family friend, but photographs later emerged of them together at social events last year, when she was 17. He also confirmed she had stayed at his villa in Sardinia.
He faced further scandal when photos were published of topless women and a naked man at his villa on Sardinia, and also of a celebrity using the prime minister's official jet to fly to the island.
Fine.
The guy is a 72 year old racist, corrupt, fascist, mafiosi, incompetent, lying, womaniser, who sleeps with minors, and prostitutes, and is the richest man of the country he's in charge of. Who hasn't done it?
Fine.
But at least, it's not like he would hide the dicovery of archeological treasures under his house so he could brag about them to a high-class prostitute, is it??
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Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has failed to declare the presence of 30 ancient tombs on his land, according to newly published recordings said to be of him.
The recordings allege Mr Berlusconi told escort Patrizia D'Addario of 30 Phoenician tombs at his Sardinia villa.
The tombs date from 300BC, a man said to be Mr Berlusconi was heard saying.
But officials say there is no record of him reporting any finds - a legal requirement for all Italians - and opposition MPs have called for a probe.
The recordings allege Mr Berlusconi told escort Patrizia D'Addario of 30 Phoenician tombs at his Sardinia villa.
The tombs date from 300BC, a man said to be Mr Berlusconi was heard saying.
But officials say there is no record of him reporting any finds - a legal requirement for all Italians - and opposition MPs have called for a probe.
I bet the next story about Berlusconi will be a video of him having a three-some with a black female midget and Kim-Jong Il's youngest son, while snorting coke off Mussolini's dead ***.