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Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has refused to attend questioning on his alleged "sex parties". Photo by EPA/BGNES
Another 17-year-old girl has been named as participating in the alleged sex parties, organized by Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.
The BBC reported that the girl, named as Iris Berardi, attended one of the parties days before turning 18. According to Italian reports, she was knows to the police as a prostitute.
The new details have emerged from documents submitted by the Prosecutor's Office to a parliamentary committee. Berlusconi claimed the allegations against him as politically motivated.
According to the Italian legislation, using the services of prostitutes is not a crime, but paying an underage girl for sex is offense.
Berardi's presence at Berlusconi's villas in Sardinia and Milan has been proven by mobile phone record. She allegedly attended a party in Sardinia on November 21, 2009 – days before turning 18, and a party near Milan in December the same year.
The 74-year-old Berlusconi has refused to attend questioning on the matter. He has stated that the magistrates are pursuing a political vendetta against him.
Prosecutors have also accused him of having had sex with the Kariba el-Mahroug, a girl of Moroccan origin known as Ruby, who attended one of Berlusconi's parties when she was 17.
Both she and the Italian PM have denied having sexual relations. Mahroug has described the sum of EUR 7,000 that she received from Berlusconi as a "gift".
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