Pressure on Berlusconi heats up after documents leaked

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Series Details 20.1.11
Publication Date 20/01/2011
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Silvio Berlusconi’s battle with prosecutors over allegations of exploiting an under-age teenage prostitute intensified on the 19 January 2011 as all 389 pages of their investigation were leaked on to the internet, driving speculation that Italy’s billionaire prime minister would be forced to step down.

He took to the airwaves for a second time to defend himself, in a sign of the seriousness with which he is treating the matter. Mr Berlusconi said he was the victim of persecution by a politicised judiciary and pledged that his government would continue.

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ESO: Background information: Berlusconi dealt blow over trial immunity http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlusconi-dealt-blow-over-trial-immunity/
BBC News, 19.1.11: Silvio Berlusconi attacks judges over Ruby sex case http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12232265
Corriere Della Sera, 19.1.11: Ruby and the €5,000 Envelope – “Tell Premier to Help Me” http://www.corriere.it/International/english/articoli/2011/01/19/ruby-5000-euro-berlusconi-premier.shtml
BBC News, 20.1.11: Vatican 'troubled' by Berlusconi sex case http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12245730

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