July 6, 2009
Italy’s Prime Minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi is embroiled in allegations the past two months about his relationship with an underage teenage girl who calls him “daddy,” entertaining high-price prostitutes and turning starlets into political candidates.
Recently, newspapers around the world have printed pictures of Berlusconi with topless women in his villa in Sardinia.
Prosecutors are currently probing alleged payments made to several women recruited for his parties, and some of the women may have Mafia ties.
One sex-worker has given reporters graphic details of her alleged sexual trysts with the prime minister the night of the U.S. presidential election. She claims she has tapes as proof.
Eighty percent of Italians have little to no knowledge of these claims and investigations because the coverage of the scandals have been limited to newspapers not controlled by Berlusconi, and most of them get their news only from his TV networks or state-run channels.
However, the European media has been relentlessly covering his sexcapade claims. Of course, most of the American media only briefly touches on it between commenting on “The View” and Obama’s new dog.
To combat his naysayers, Berlusconi dismissed the allegations as concoctions of a Communist-led conspiracy that has recruited media, such as Financial Times and The Economist.
One of Berlusconi’s biggest supporters has been the Catholic Church, but finally prominent figures of the Church have begun to comment against his moral decadence and have suggested that he resign.
During his 15-years of political office, Berlusconi has been notorious for negative press including: numerous corruption charges; serial conflicts of interest; accusations of Mafia ties.
And he can count on the support of nearly 50 percent of Italian voters.
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