Berlusconi 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 tried for political corruption

  Silvio Berlusconi's political corruption trial has opened in the southern city of Naples, presenting yet another legal challenge for the three-time former Italian premier.

• Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces new investigation in scandal

  Milan prosecutors have opened a new investigation against Silvio Berlusconi over accusations he corrupted witnesses in a trial in which he was convicted of paying for sex with a minor.

• 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.

• Ruling expected soon in Silvio Berlusconi tax fraud case

  Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers made a final attempt Wednesday to overturn a tax fraud conviction that threatens to derail the ex-premier's two-decade old political career banning him from holding public office, urging Italy's highest court to either acquit the business mogul or at least order a fresh trial in the long-running case stemming from film r...

• 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.