<p>Giampaolo Tarantini and his wife Angela Devenuto were picked up in Rome on Thursday morning, police in Naples said. Berlusconi is not under investigation.<br />Tarantini has admitted he paid a high-end prostitute, Patrizia D'Addario, and other women to attend parties at Berlusconi's residences, but insists the premier didn't know.<br /><br />He is currently under investigation in Bari for allegedly aiding and abetting prostitution.<br />Naples Prosecutor Francesco Greco said Tarantini had forced Berlusconi to pay his family legal and housing costs in exchange for Tarantino's cooperation in the Bari prostitution investigation.<br /><br />Specifically, Greco alleges that Berlusconi's payment was designed to ensure that Tarantino entered a plea bargain in the Bari case rather than letting it go to trial. Such a move would limit the publication of possibly embarrassing telephone intercepts concerning the women who went to Berlusconi's parties.</p>
<p>Giampaolo Tarantini and his wife Angela Devenuto were picked up in Rome on Thursday morning, police in Naples said. Berlusconi is not under investigation.<br />Tarantini has admitted he paid a high-end prostitute, Patrizia D'Addario, and other women to attend parties at Berlusconi's residences, but insists the premier didn't know.<br /><br />He is currently under investigation in Bari for allegedly aiding and abetting prostitution.<br />Naples Prosecutor Francesco Greco said Tarantini had forced Berlusconi to pay his family legal and housing costs in exchange for Tarantino's cooperation in the Bari prostitution investigation.<br /><br />Specifically, Greco alleges that Berlusconi's payment was designed to ensure that Tarantino entered a plea bargain in the Bari case rather than letting it go to trial. Such a move would limit the publication of possibly embarrassing telephone intercepts concerning the women who went to Berlusconi's parties.</p>