World affairs

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he ever had parties ‘of a sexual nature’ at his villa.

By Declan Whooley

The 76 year-old is on trial for having sex with an underage prostitute named Ruby during one of his alleged ‘bunga bunga’ parties.

The wily old Italian has denied paying the Moroccan girl for sex in 2010 when she was just 17 years of age and too young in Italian law to be paid as a prostitute.

Ruby proving she does have an impressive index finger

“Everything happened in front of staff and, at times, my children too came in to say hello,” he said in court

Berlusconi has admitted to hosting ‘burlesque games’ at his residence and prosecutors say they have dozens of girls who are willing to testify that they were part of sex games at the residence.

AC Milan supporters will hope that this will not affect his financial backing of the club adversely; they are badly in need of cash injection to boost their ailing squad.