Berlusconi Seen Skirting Jail as Threats of Conviction Mount
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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political future is more at risk than his freedom from the outcome of a spate of pending corruption trials, including today’s ruling on charges of prostitution with a minor, criminal lawyers said.
The three-time premier, 76, faces a verdict in Milan on charges he paid a teen-aged nightclub dancer for sex, and abused the power of his office to cover it up. Berlusconi, who has weathered more than a dozen criminal trials, is facing charges in separate cases for tax fraud and illegal use of wiretaps.