Berlusconi didn't know girls were prostitutes

(China Daily)

Updated: 2009-06-23 08:46

(ROME) A businessman who pimped for the Prime Minister of Italy apologized to the premier for having contributed to a new scandal.

Giampaolo Tarantini said that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi didn't know the ladies of the night 'expenses' were paid.

Three women have told Italian media that they partied at the premier's residence last fall and in January. Tarantini procured the women for the prime minister.

The first, Patrizia D'Addario, who is a high-end prostitute from Bari, told Corriere della Sera last week that she was paid US$1,400 to attend a party in October 2008 at the premier's residence in Rome. She had a sleep over on Nov 4 with Silvio Berlusconi.

Barbara Montereale, also known as 'long thighs' told La Repubblica that she too attended the PM's party, and then another at Berlusconi's Sardinian villa in mid-January.

For that party, Montereale said she received US$1,400 from Tarantini and another envelope with cash from the premier himself after she confided she was having problems raising an infant alone. She stressed she wasn't a prostitute and didn't have sexual relations with the premier. She claims to be a 'hostess.'
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Both said they were offered candidacies in recent local elections in Bari.

A third woman, Lucia Rossini, told La Repubblica she also attended the Nov 4 party, though she wasn't paid or offered a candidacy. Rossini and Montereale both received jewelry from Berlusconi.

All three have been questioned by Bari police reportedly investigating Tarantini for corruption concerning contracts for his health care business

He said he invited the women to the parties because he wanted to present a "bella figura" - a good impression - to Berlusconi.

"It's absolutely beyond discussion that Premier Berlusconi could have been aware of my reimbursements" to the women, said the Prime Minister's pimp.

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