Berlusconi On Trial

• Italy Appeals Court Clears Silvio Berlusconi in Sex Trial

  An Italian appeals court on Friday overturned Silvio Berlusconi's conviction on charges of abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor, in a significant legal victory for the former prime minister. The Milan court unexpectedly threw out the guilty verdict handed down by a lower tribunal last year, which had sentenced Berlusconi to seven years ...

• Silvio Berlusconi accused of bribing witnesses in trial

  An Italian court accused former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday of bribing witnesses to give false testimony in a trial.

• Silvio Berlusconi requests trial review ahead of Senate expulsion

  Italy's Silvio Berlusconi on Monday requested a review of his tax fraud trial head of a vote this week that will likely force him from parliament.

• Silvio Berlusconi faces new trial for bribing senator

  An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party's ranks, in the latest legal woe for the former prime minister.

• Silvio Berlusconi would not have been tried if gay: Russian President Vladimir Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin rallied behind his old friend Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday, saying the former Italian prime minister would not have faced trial for having sex with a minor if he were gay.

• Silvio Berlusconi convicted in sex-for-hire trial, sentenced to seven years

  A Milan court on Monday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of paying for sex with an underage prostitute during infamous "bunga bunga" parties at his villa and then using his influence to try to cover it up.

• Verdict in Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial expected today

  An Italian court is expected to deliver its verdict today on whether former premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage prostitute and abused his official powers.

• Six-year sentence requested in Silvio Berlusconi sex trial

  An Italian prosecutor on Monday requested a six-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from holding public office for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi at his trial for having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of office.

• Former Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sex trial suspended until mid-May

  An Italian court on Monday delayed until at least May 13 the resumption of a trial against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly paying for sex with a then 17-year old prostitute.

• 'Ruby the Heart Stealer' to testify at Berlusconi sex trial

  The young Moroccan dancer at the heart of Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial was summoned by an Italian court on Friday to testify in May in a separate case of alleged procurement of sex workers.

• Silvio Berlusconi trial hearing suspended over eye infection

  A hearing in Silvio Berlusconi's trial for having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of office was postponed on Friday after the billionaire tycoon complained of an eye infection.

• Italy court sentences former PM Silvio Berlusconi to one year jail in wiretap trial

  An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a one-year jail term for making public the taped contents of a confidential phone call in a case related to a 2005 banking scandal.

• Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with cash and favours: prosecutor

  Silvio Berlusconi hosted a "prostitution system" at his villa near Milan, where he paid women for sex with cash and favours, a prosecutor at the former prime minister's trial said on Monday.

• Court denies former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's bid to halt sex trial

  A Milan court on Monday rejected a bid by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi to halt his sex-for-hire trial because of Italy's general election campaign, a ruling that means a verdict could come before the February vote.

• Star witness at former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi sex trial but lawyers seek halt

  The exotic dancer at the centre of a sex trial against Italy's Silvio Berlusconi arrived to testify for the first time in court on Monday but the billionaire's lawyers immediately asked for the proceedings to be suspended until after elections in February.