Former Italy PM Berlusconi acquitted in Bunga Bunga bribery case

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Published: Feb 15, 2023, 11:51 UTC

MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a 2013 underage prostitution case.

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MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a 2013 underage prostitution case.

Berlusconi was accused of paying 24 people, mostly young guests at his so-called Bunga Bunga parties, to provide false testimony in a previous trial where he was charged with paying for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan nightclub dancer.

(Reporting by Emilio Parodi, editing by Crispian Balmer)

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