Model probed for tricking prince denies 'gold-digger' claims

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 19 - A 36-year-old Belarussian model accused by a 51-year-old Italian prince of taking advantage of him has rejected media claims she is a gold-digger who has preyed on a succession of wealthy men.
    Tanya Yashenko is under investigation in Rome on suspicion of "taking advantage of a disabled person" after Sicilian nobelman Giacomo Bonanno di Linguaglossa filed a complaint against her saying she had exerted an undue influence on him and diminished his capacity to think for himself.
    "I'm an independent and self-sufficient woman, enough with this defamatory media campaign against me," she said, claiming that the prince and she were on the same amorous standing as ever.
    "My story with Giacomo continues", she said. (ANSA).