The supreme Court of Cassation
on Friday upheld a November 2017 Milan appeal court ruling that
said Silvio Berlusconi should not pay alimony of 1.4 million
euros a month to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, and she must pay
him back the money so far paid to her.
As a result, Lario will have to return around 60 million
euros to the ex-premier and media magnate.
The court upheld a petition by Berlusconi for it to apply a
recent ruling by the supreme court, which stated that the
criteria for alimony should be self sufficiency and no longer
the standard of living enjoyed during the marriage.
Berlusconi's lawyers said that, after a divorce settlement of
16 million euros, and ownership of jewellery and real-estate
businesses, Lario was self sufficient.
The ruling applies from March 2014 when the divorce was
finalized.
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