The Milanese prosecutor-general
has asked to see documents in the ongoing so-called Ruby-ter
perjury investigation to determine whether ex-premier Silvio
Berlusconi violated probation in a separate case - for tax fraud
involving Mediaset - by committing new criminal acts that
overlapped with his serving his social service sentence.
The prosecutor's office has indicated that Berlusconi may
have paid off through February 17 of this year witnesses who
were involved in a trial that saw Berlusconi acquitted of sex
with an underage prostitute. The prosecutor's office believes
that Berlusconi paid the so-called 'Olgettine', the women who
participated in sex parties in his residence at Arcore, for
silence on the witness stand.
Berlusconi is accused, along with 21 witnesses - including
'Ruby', the alleged underage prostitute - of corruption in
judicial acts.
Berlusconi served a sentence of 10 and a half months
probation and social service, ending March 8, for his conviction
in a tax fraud case involving Mediaset.
At a hearing on April 14, the surveillance court ruled that
Berlusconi's sentence had been served.
The attorney general's office is now examining whether to
challenge the Probate Court's decision.
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