[An Nahar] Italia's former Prime Minister Sivlio Berlusconi did have sex with an exotic dancer nicknamed "Ruby the Heart Stealer", but did not know she was under-age at the time, an appeal court said Thursday.
The billionaire was found guilty in 2013 of having paid buxom, Moroccan-born Ruby -- whose real name is Karima El-Mahroug -- for sex when she was just 17 years old.
That's old enough lots of places.
But in a surprise move in July, a Milan appeals court overturned Berlusconi's suspended seven-year prison sentence and lifelong ban from holding public office on the basis that his actions "did not constitute a crime".
Silvio's too old most places.
In the summary of its decision, published within the three-month legal limit, the court said there was "certain proof... of prostitution at Arcore on the evenings when Karima El Mahroug was present," referring to parties held at the aging magnate's luxury villa near Milan. |