Billionaire businessman will stand trail on charges that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl, attempted to cover it up.
By ASSOCIATED PRESSItalian Premier Silvio Berlusconi 311 AP(photo credit: AP)
MILAN — An Italian judge on Tuesday ordered Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on charges he paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl and then tried to cover it up.Judge Cristina Di Censo handed down the indictment with a terse statement. The trial was set to begin April 6.RELATED:Italians protest Berlusconi confidence vote win Berlusconi scrounging for votes to hold onto gov't Berlusconi claims it's better to love women than gays While Berlusconi has stood trial on a number of business-related charges, this is the first time the 74-year-old billionaire businessman is being tried for personal conduct. Berlusconi has denied wrongdoing.Prosecutors allege Berlusconi paid for sex with the Moroccan girl, nicknamed Ruby, then used his influence to get her out of police custody when she was detained for the unrelated suspected theft of €3,000 ($4,103). They allege that Berlusconi feared her relationship to him would be revealed.Both Berlusconi and Ruby have denied having sexual relations, although she has said Berlusconi gave her €7,000 ($9,550) on their first meeting.
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