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Italy court acquits Berlusconi of bribery charges in underage prostitution case

FILE PHOTO: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to the media as he leaves San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted of bribery charges in a 2013 underage prostitution case, a judge ruled 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 where Berlusconi was charged with 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.

(Reporting by Silvia Ognibene, writing by Agnieszka Flak, editing by Gavin Jones)

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