(ANSA) Milan, October 10 - Lele Mora, an impresario who
recruited fun-loving girls for Silvio Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga'
parties, dropped part of his appeal against a conviction for
pimping Friday as part of a complex plea-bargaining deal.
Mora, a cinema talent scout and neo-Fascist sympathiser, was
convicted in July 2013 of inducing women to work as hookers at
the parties at the former prime minister's villa at Arcore near
Milan and of aiding and abetting prostitution including by
minors, and was sentenced to a prison term of 7 years.
Berlusconi has subsequently been cleared on appeal of using
alleged prostitutes including an underage one called Ruby the
Heartstealer.
Under a plea bargain offer made by his lawyers Friday Mora
acknowledged his guilt but asked that he receive a reduced
prison sentence on the ground that he was forced to carry out
what his lawyers termed 'borderline' management of women so as
to obtain a loan from Berlusconi to try and prevent his company
going bankrupt.
Mora already had approached judicial authorities with the
proposed plea bargain earlier this year before Berlusconi in
July was acquitted on appeal of paying for sex with Ruby, a
Moroccan dancer who was under age when she frequented the media
magnate's parties.
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