Impresario linked to 'bunga bunga' drops appeal

(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.