THE ITALIAN PRIME Minister Silvio Berlusconi has accused the dancer he allegedly paid for under age sex of being an over-imaginative liar and has again shrugged off his legal woes.
Berlusconi told foreign reporters at a dinner this week that the woman at the centre of the scandal Karima el-Mahroug, also known as ‘Ruby the Heart Stealer’, was a “mythomaniac”, reports The Daily Telegraph, and added:
I have a talent for being friendly, getting people to think highly of me and making friends.
However, Berlusconi went on to say that when the Moroccan born dancer lied exaggeratedly she did so against her will.
He faces trial for allegedly having sex with the alleged prostitute when she was 17-years-old, an accusation he strenuously denies claiming he never paid for sex with her and that she told him she was 24-years-old at the time.
Berlusconi is also facing a tax fraud trial which he has previously dismissed as a “waste of time”.
There are two other corruption trials also ongoing meaning that an end to his legal woes does not seem likely.
Earlier this week, he ruled himself out of the running for re-election in 2013 and said he intended to complete his plan to amend Italy’s judicial system and change the constitution before leaving office.
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