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| Miss Karima el Mahroug |
Silvio Berlusconi has denied accusations that he paid a teenage runaway for sex. The Italian prime minister said on Monday he gave €45,000 (£39,700) to Karima el Mahroug, a belly dancer who uses the name Ruby, to help her launch a beauty centre, complete with a laser hair-removing machine, so that she could escape a life of prostitution. "The girl told a very painful and moving story," he said. Berlusconi is on trial for using an underage prostitute because prosecutors believe he had sex with Mahroug in 2010 when she was 17, a year younger than the legal age for prostitution in Italy /The Guardian
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| The PM himself |
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| Noemi Letizia, a graphic student, showed the diamond and gold necklace she received from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as her 18th birthday gift. |