Noemi Letizia

ROME (Reuters) - The escort at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave graphic details of their alleged lovemaking in a book published on Tuesday and said she had been attacked and threatened since. Patrizia D'Addario, in her memoir entitled "Enjoy, Prime Minister," describes a party held at Berlusconi's Rome residence, Palazzo Grazioli, and gives intimate details of a night spent with the 73-year-old premier in a bed given him by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. D'Addario, 42, whose allegations convulsed Italy when she first came forward in June with audio recordings of a man she said was ... Read Full Story

ROME (Reuters Life!) - The Italian edition of Rolling Stone has named Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi its "rock star of the year," paying tribute to his "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock star." An illustration of a smiling Berlusconi, who weathered a summer of scandals over his relations with an 18-year-old underwear model and allegations he slept with a prostitute after a party, emblazons the cover of the Rolling Stone's December issue, against the backdrop of the Italian flag. Carlo Antonelli, editor of Rolling Stone Italy, said the 73-year-old media mogul had been chosen unanimously by the magazine's editorial staff. "This year the choice ... Read Full Story

Continuing along with her furious ways, Noemi Letizia partied it up during a Jet Club in Milan, Italy over a week finish (November 15). Miss Letizia assimilated up with a handful of friends for a dusk soiree, celebration as well as dancing in in between posing for cinema during a march of a night’s festivities. The Italian teenager is a beauty during a base of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlesconi’s troubles as well as looks to have sparked an finish to his marriage. Previously held up in an event scandal, things got even worse when his mother complained which Silvio took time to attend ... Read Full Story

The call girl at the centre of a sex scandal dogging Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is claiming that he knowingly entertained high-end prostitutes at his Rome residence. "Berlusconi knew I was a call girl," Patrizia D'Addario said on public television late Thursday. "And I wasn't the only one that evening, or the evening before." The claim is the latest volley in a scandal that erupted in June when wiretaps revealed that a Berlusconi associate offered money to call girls to spend the night with the prime minister at his residences in Rome and Sardinia. The associate, entrepreneur Gianpaolo Tarantini, is under investigation for ... Read Full Story

BARI, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police detained the businessman at the center of a prostitution scandal surrounding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday, on charges related to drug dealing, judicial sources said. Gianpaolo Tarantini, an entrepreneur who reportedly told prosecutors in the southern city of Bari he supplied 30 escorts for parties hosted by Berlusconi, was detained in Bari airport as he was about to take a flight to Rome. Tarantini was being held in the local barracks of Italy's financial police while a judge decides whether to uphold the prosecutor's arrest warrant, sources said. He was detained on charges related to cocaine dealing, ... Read Full Story