<p>Strippers in nun costumes danced in front of Silvio Berlusconi at his villa, a witness on Monday told a Milan court where the former Italian prime minister is on trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Model Imane Fadil said the first time she went to a party nicknamed ‘bunga bunga’ she was given $2,600 in cash by Berlusconi, who told her: “Don’t be offended.”<br /><br />That night she said she saw two young women in nun costumes with “black tunics, white veils and crosses” stripping in front of the then prime minister.<br /><br />One of the two was Nicole Minetti, now a regional councillor for Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party in Milan, Moroccan-born Fadil said.<br /><br />More for sex<br /><br />She said Minetti and the other woman ended up staying the night at the villa near Milan and alleged that women who stayed were paid more for sex.<br /><br />Fadil said she had heard of Berlusconi having sex for money with at least two of the women invited to his parties, Italian media reported.<br /><br />Fadil also said she had come under pressure from a mysterious man to go back to the villa last year when the Berlusconi trial had already started.<br /><br />“A man stopped near my house and gave me an untraceable phone to organise a visit to Arcore. But I didn’t want to,” she told the courtroom.<br /><br />Berlusconi is charged with having sex with an underage prostitute, Karima El-Mahroug, and then allegedly abusing his powers by getting police to release her when she was arrested for theft so that his crime would not be revealed.<br /><br />El-Mahroug, a dancer who was 17 when she allegedly had sex with the then prime minister, is better known by her stage name of “Ruby the Heart Stealer”.<br />Berlusconi rejects all charges and El-Mahroug denies having sex with him.</p>
<p>Strippers in nun costumes danced in front of Silvio Berlusconi at his villa, a witness on Monday told a Milan court where the former Italian prime minister is on trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Model Imane Fadil said the first time she went to a party nicknamed ‘bunga bunga’ she was given $2,600 in cash by Berlusconi, who told her: “Don’t be offended.”<br /><br />That night she said she saw two young women in nun costumes with “black tunics, white veils and crosses” stripping in front of the then prime minister.<br /><br />One of the two was Nicole Minetti, now a regional councillor for Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party in Milan, Moroccan-born Fadil said.<br /><br />More for sex<br /><br />She said Minetti and the other woman ended up staying the night at the villa near Milan and alleged that women who stayed were paid more for sex.<br /><br />Fadil said she had heard of Berlusconi having sex for money with at least two of the women invited to his parties, Italian media reported.<br /><br />Fadil also said she had come under pressure from a mysterious man to go back to the villa last year when the Berlusconi trial had already started.<br /><br />“A man stopped near my house and gave me an untraceable phone to organise a visit to Arcore. But I didn’t want to,” she told the courtroom.<br /><br />Berlusconi is charged with having sex with an underage prostitute, Karima El-Mahroug, and then allegedly abusing his powers by getting police to release her when she was arrested for theft so that his crime would not be revealed.<br /><br />El-Mahroug, a dancer who was 17 when she allegedly had sex with the then prime minister, is better known by her stage name of “Ruby the Heart Stealer”.<br />Berlusconi rejects all charges and El-Mahroug denies having sex with him.</p>
