After the death of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi last June, twenty women now have to make serious financial sacrifices. In recent years, they participated in parties at the luxurious residence of the media entrepreneur and politician and received a maintenance allowance of 2,500 euros per month.
However, after the death of the former prime minister, his children stopped making the payments, the Milanese daily ‘Corriere della Sera’ reported on Friday.
Prosecutors in Milan had accused Berlusconi of paying the women “monthly salaries” for their silence about promiscuous evenings in his hometown. Berlusconi also took over the rent of some women. The women who visited Berlusconi’s home will now have to leave the apartments where they lived for years after his death, the newspaper said.
“Monthly salaries” for silence?
According to investigators, Berlusconi and his lawyers allegedly used these contributions to systematically bribe witnesses in the so-called ‘Ruby’ trial, in which the media entrepreneur was accused of abuse of office and sex with the then minor Karima El Marough. , aka “Ruby”.
Lawyer speaks of “compensation”
Berlusconi’s lawyers had firmly rejected the accusations made by the Milan public prosecutor’s office. For the late leader of the right-wing conservative party Forza Italia, the monthly check was seen as a kind of compensation for the damage to the image of the young women involved in the so-called Ruby trials. It was said that her client was simply being generous to women whose reputations had been seriously damaged by the Ruby affair. Berlusconi was acquitted of witness bribery charges last February.
Source: Krone
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