Berlusconi: Semi-Naked Women At Bunga Parties

A TV journalist has told a court she saw semi-naked women dancing at former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's infamous 'Bunga Bunga' parties.

Silvia Trevaini also said Berlusconi gifted her 800,000 euros in just two years because her "career had been affected".

It emerged the 29-year-old was still working for one of the media tycoon's websites, prompting the prosecutor to question her stated reason for the payments.

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Miss Trevaini was giving evidence in the case of three people accused of procuring women for the politician's parties, which he threw at his luxury villa and which prosecutors say were characterised by semi-naked women being paid to attend.

She told the court in Milan: "I saw Nicole Minetti dressed as if she was a Bagaglino (dancing girl show). She had a short top and mini skirt. Other women were dressed the same way."

When asked what she had thought, she replied: "Everyone is free to do what they want. They were just pleasant dinners. I always left in my own car."

Miss Trevaini added that she had met Berlusconi in 2006 and started work for his Mediaset TV empire shortly afterwards, receiving a salary of 2,500 euros a month - which she said came with other regular payments from him into her bank account.

She said: "In 2007 I received 290,000 euros from him to buy a house and then in 2009 he gave me 400,000 euros to buy another house after I sold the first one.

"The same year I also received two bank transfers of 40,000 and 80,000 euros as well as an Audi. In total, 810,000 euros.

"I needed the money because my career had suffered. I also had to help my brother and my father who was having problems with his building business. It's very hard for a woman in this business to have a career."

Miss Treviani did not go into further details of how her career had been affected but when questioned about the money she confirmed she had a contract to work on the website of one of Berlusconi's news programmes.

Prosecutors have accused regional councillor Nicole Minetti, casting agent Lele Mora and TV news anchor Emilio Fede of recruiting the girls for the parties and being paid handsomely by Berlusconi, 76, for doing so.

Another witness, Russian model Raissa Skorkina, told the trial she had met Berlusconi while on holiday in Sardinia and was invited several times to his homes on the island, in Rome and Milan.

"At the time I met him I was working for (Flavio) Briatore but Silvio told me to quit my job and he would look after me," she said.

"He said 'I will be your little angel'. Then I started to get monthly payments from him, around 3,000 euros. I'm still getting them now.

"When we spoke he said I should never talk about money on the telephone as they were bugged he said I should say the word 'petrol' for money."

Berlusconi is also accused of paying under-aged Karima El Mahroug for sex

The trial has already heard from several women who attended the parties including two who said they were left "mortified and embarrassed" at the sexual nature of events that took place, although Berlusconi has insisted they were simple dinners.

He has accused magistrates of being on a left-wing orchestrated witch-hunt and being out to get him.

Berlusconi is currently on trial separately for paying a then 17-year-old girl, Karima El Mahroug, for sex when she attended the parties. Both deny any wrongdoing.

That trial was suspended last week after Berlusconi's legal team filed a request for an adjournment as he was suffering from a severe eye complaint.

It is due to end later this month but they have also now asked for it to be moved to Brescia, accusing judges of bias.

The trial against the three accused of procuring the women also continues later this month.

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