The women of Silvio Berlusconi

Moroccan girl nicknamed Ruby, whose encounters with Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi are at the base of a prostitution probe which is rocking Italian politics, shows a scar caused by an accident in her childhood, as she is interviewed during the taping of a TV show, in Milan, Italy. Milan prosecutors are investigating Berlusconi on suspicion he paid for sex with the Moroccan girl, a nightclub dancer who was a minor at the time of the alleged encounters, between February and May. The girl turned 18 in November. The prosecutors are also investigating if Berlusconi abused his powers to win the release of the girl in May from police custody, where she was held for theft. (AP)
Lombardia People of Freedom (PDL) party regional councellor, former dancer, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's dental hygienist, Nicole Minetti, is pictured at Lombardia's council in Milan. Allegations that Berlusconi hooked up with prostitutes he kept in rent-free luxury apartments have weakened the government and damaged the country's image abroad, experts say. Italian magistrates announced last week an enquiry into the relationship between Berlusconi and an underage girl, known as Ruby, as the prime minister was still reeling from a court ruling partially stripping him of political immunity. (AFP)
Milan shows a Moroccan girl Karima Keyek, nicknamed Ruby. Italian daily Corriere della Sera is reported on January 14, 2011 that Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation in a prostitution case involving then-17-year-old Karima Keyek. Corriere della Sera online reported that Berlusconi is suspected of abusing his power in trying to cover up his alleged encounters with the 17-year-old Moroccan. (AFP)
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi had sex with a significant number of prostitutes, Milan prosecutors alleged, in documents seeking authorization to search some of his properties. The prosecutors are leading a probe aimed at determining if the 74-year-old media mogul paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl who attended parties at one of his villas last year. (AP)
Lombardia People of Freedom (PDL) party regional councellor, former dancer, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's dental hygienist, Nicole Minetti, is pictured at Lombardia's council in Milan. Allegations that Berlusconi hooked up with prostitutes he kept in rent-free luxury apartments have weakened the government and damaged the country's image abroad, experts say. Italian magistrates announced last week an enquiry into the relationship between Berlusconi and an underage girl, known as Ruby, as the prime minister was still reeling from a court ruling partially stripping him of political immunity. (AFP)
Model and nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, previosuly identified by her stage name Ruby, speaks during her appearance as a guest on the Italian TV show "Kalispera" in Milan. Ruby, whose real name Karima El Mahroug is at the centre of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (AFP)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a prostitution investigation in Milan over a teenaged nightclub dancer who attended parties at his private residence, prosecutors said. A day after Italy's top court partially struck down a law that gave him blanket immunity from prosecution, the probe adds pressure on the premier, who is battling to shore up his shaky government and already faces tax fraud and corruption charges. The magistrates are investigating allegations that Berlusconi paid to have sex with 17 year-old Mahroug, who used the stage name "Ruby Rubacuori". (REUTERS)
Teenage nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug of Morocco poses during a photocall at the Karma disco in Milan. (REUTERS)
Teenage nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug of Morocco poses during a photocall at the Karma disco in Milan. (REUTERS)
Aspiring model Noemi Letizia poses for photographers as she arrives at the 66th Venice Film Festival. (REUTERS)
Teenage nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug of Morocco poses during a photocall at the Karma disco in Milan. (REUTERS)
Patrizia D'Addario is pictured on the cover of the book "Gradisca Presidente " ("Enjoy, Prime Minister") in this handout from Aliberti Editore released. (REUTERS)
Patrizia D'Addario walks in the southern Italian town of Otranto. (REUTERS)
A man flips through an Italian magazine displaying on the cover exclusive pictures of aspiring model Noemi Letizia in central Rome Berlusconi was photographed at the 18th-birthday party of aspiring model Noemi Letizia. Soon after, his wife Veronica announced that she wanted a divorce, saying she could "no longer stay with a man who frequents minors". (REUTERS)
Aspiring model Noemi Letizia arrives at a polling station escorted by a police officer (R) to vote in European Parliament elections in Naples. (REUTERS)
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (L) pose at Villa Madama in Rome. (REUTERS)
Veronica Lario, wife of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sits for lunch in Sochi. (REUTERS)
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sits near an image of his wife Veronica Lario during the taping of the television program Porta a Porta ("Door to door" in Italian) in Rome. (REUTERS)