Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he attends the presentation of the book “The big cheat” by former Minister of Public Administration and Innovation Renato Brunetta in downtown Rome on September 27, 2012. AFP/ Filippo MONTEFORTE
ROME — Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi denied all charges at his trial on Friday for having sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his powers by putting pressure on police to release her.
“I never had an intimate relationship of any kind with her,” he told the court, adding: “I was sure she was 24, as she herself said.”
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