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Berlusconi surrounded by scandal Nicole Minetti, a member of Silvio Berlusconi’s party, will learn in October whether she will go to trial on charges of organizing prostitutes, including an underage woman, for the Italian prime minister. Minetti’s is just the latest chapter in scandals that have surrounded the 74-year-old Berlusconi, who was indicted in a prostitution probe last February, triggering protests across Italy.
Feb. 15, 2011
Nicole Minetti attends a meeting at the Lombardy regional headquarters in Milan in February. In October, a Milan court is to decide whether Minetti, a dental hygienist by training, should face trial on charges of organizing prostitutes, including an underage woman, for Berlusconi.
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A demonstrator holds a pan cover with a picture of a caged Berlusconi during a protest in Rome. Berlusconi has dismissed the prostitution allegations as a smear campaign. "I'm not worried in the slightest," Berlusconi said of the prostitution case. "I am a wealthy gentleman who can spend the rest of his life building hospitals for children like I've always wanted to."
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