Magasins Short Floor Lamp Living Colors Teenager from Berlusconi Earlier drawn Into latest scandal investigation

Teenager

drawn from Earlier Berlusconi Into latest scandal investigation

A teenage lingerie model Whose friendship with Silvio Berlusconi triggered the first of a string of Sex Scandals Has Been Drawn Into That the latest investigation threatens to bring down the Prime Minister.

Letizia Noemi with photograph of Silvio Berlusconi Photo: AP

By Nick Squires, Rome 6:09 PM GMT 2 February 2011 Mr Berlusconi

Allegedly Paid

20.000 euros from a secret account to the mother last year of Noemi Letizia, the aspiring model I Attended Whose 18th birthday in April 2009. It Is Not Clear What the sum of money in Intended for WAS But There Is No suggestionffence in Italy.

The payment to Miss Letizia &

rsquo, s mother, Anna Palumbo, WAS made from a Milan bank account linked to Mr Berlusconi, According To Leaked prosecution documents to the Italian press.

It Was one of Hundreds of payments made Through the Prime Minister's accountant in Milan, Most of Them to showgirls and models Who Attended So-Called "bunga bunga" parties at historical mansion on the outskirts of the city.

The Prime Minister, 74, Who Almost daily faces calls for resignation historical, has never Explained the nature of His Relationship with Miss Letizia. Said I Knew I INITIALLY her-through her father, WHO CLAIMED Had I Been a driver for eleven Bettino Craxi, in primary formse minister, but that was later proved to be false.

Prosecutors want Mr Berlusconi, 74, to face trial over accusations that he paid for sex with the Moroccan-born nightclub dancer, Karima El Mahroug, who gave herself the nickname Ruby the Heart Stealer.

The real-life soap opera in which the prime minister is mired took a further twist when it emerged that Miss El Mahroug, now 18, is about to get married.

She told an Italian newspaper that she intends to marry the 41-year-old owner of a nightclub in a town hall wedding in three weeks’ time. She then hopes to study child psychology.

When asked whether she thought Mr Berlusconi would be put on trial, she replied: “I don’t know, that’s hi