October 21, (THEWILL) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of bribery charges in a 2013 underage prostitution case.
A court Judge gave the ruling on Thursday.
Berlusconi, leader of the centre-right Forza Italia (Go Italy!) party, was accused of paying pianist Danilo Mariani to lie in a 2013 trial.
The trial involved Berlusconi facing charges of paying to have sex with 17-year-old Moroccan nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, better known in Italy by her stage name, Ruby the Heartstealer.
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