Silvio Berlusconi gets 7 years in underage sex case
Milan, Italy (CNN) -- A panel of judges Monday sentenced (v, tuyên án) former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in prison for abusing power (lạm dụng quyền lực) and having sex with an underage prostitute (gái mại dâm vị thành niên).
Judges also barred (ngăn cấm) the flamboyant (lòe loẹt) former prime minister from holding public office (nắm giữ các chức vụ công).
The high-profile case centered on an exotic(adj, kỳ lạ) dancer nicknamed "Ruby the heart-stealer."(Ruby, kẻ cắp trái tim)
Berlusconi's attorney (Luật sư, người thụ lý) told reporters he plans to appeal the conviction (kháng cáo bản án). He said he was not surprised by the verdict (Lời tuyên án), because the former prime minister had not gotten a fair trial.Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' problem What's next for Italian politics? Woman describes Berlusconi's parties (Đảng của...)
"What happened today is very serious," defense attorney (Luật sư bão chữa) Nicolo Ghedini said, arguing that judges had not appropriately (adv, thích đáng)considered court proceedings. (lập luận rằng các quan tòa đã không xem xét thích đáng thủ tục tố tụng)
Prosecutors (công tố viên) had argued that Berlusconi had sex 13 times with underage dancer Karima el Mahroug and abused his position when he intervened (can thiệp, xen vào) in May 2010 to get her released from jail (nhà tù), where she was being held on charges (sự buộc tội) of theft.
Link gốc có Video : http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/24/world/europe/berlusconi-court-guilty/index.html
Berlusconi, 76, has denied the charges and others against him.
"It is absurd /əb'sə:d/ to suggest (thật là vô lý để đề nghị rằng...) I have paid for a rapport with a woman (trả tiền cho một mối quan hệ với PN). It is something I have never done, not even once in my life (thậm chí là chưa 1 lần trong đời). It is something I find degrading (adj) to my dignity (giảm nhân phẩm của tôi)," he has said.
El Mahroug has said that she never had sex with Berlusconi and that she lied to him about her age, telling him she was 24.
The underage sex trial verdict is the latest in a string of legal troubles (chuổi rắc rối về pháp luật) the former prime minister has faced.
Last month, an Italian appeals court (phiên tòa phúc thẩm _ xét xử lại) in Milan upheld (thay đổi đột ngột) a four-year prison sentence for Berlusconi, who was convicted of tax evasion /i'veiʤn/ (trốn thuế) by a lower court last October.
In that sentence, he was barred from public office for five years.
Berlusconi, who served on and off as prime minister between 1994 and 2011, is arguably one of the most colorful and controversial (gây tranh cãi) figures in the lively history of Italian politics. For years, he has been entangled in (bị vướng vào) fraud (gian lận), corruption and sex scandals that have often reached Italian courts.
Berlusconi Fast Facts
In a 389-page document presented to a court in 2011, prosecutors alleged Berlusconi paid el Mahroug and scores of other young women (hàng chục gái tơ) for taking part in "bunga bunga parties" at his private residence (dinh thự).
Using what they say are phone interceptions (ngăn chặn, nghe lén) of the young women as evidence (bằng chứng), prosecutors said the women performed strip-teases (thoát y vũ) and erotic (khiêu dâm)actions in exchange for money and gifts. Berlusconi says the parties were normal dinner gatherings where no one misbehaved (v,ăn ở bậy bạ, cư xử thiếu đứng đắn).
Berlusconi denied the charges and accused prosecutors of conspiring (mưu hại, âm mưu) against him in a left-wing (cánh tả) plot (âm mưu). "Communism (chủ nghĩa cộng sản) never changes in Italy. There are still people who use the penal code (bộ luật hình sự) as a weapon in their ideological battles (cuộc chiến tư tưởng) ," he said last year.
Undaunted (không nản lòng), Berlusconi has not only launched an appeal (đưa ra sự kháng cáo), but in December made two significant announcements: his engagement (sự đính hôn) to 27-year-old Francesca Pascale, and then, his political comeback.
In Italy's February elections, the three-time prime minister appealed to Italian voters (kêu gọi cử tri Ý) by denouncing (tố cáo) the unpopular austerity policies (chính sách thắt lưng buộc bụng) of technocrat (chế độ kỹ trị) Mario Monti.
For all his critics (nhà phê bình), Berlusconi won almost 30% of the vote in February and remains an influential figure (nhân vật có ảnh hưởng, có thế lực) in Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile (mong manh) coalition government (chính phủ liên minh).
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(CNN) -- Here's a look at the life of Italian billionaire and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Personal:
Birth Date: September 29, 1936
Birth Place: Milan, Italy
Father: Luigi Berlusconi, bank clerk (thư ký ngân hàng)
Mother: Rosella (Bossi) Berlusconi, homemaker (người nội trợ)
Marriages: Veronica Lario, (1990-2012, divorced); Carla Dall'Oglio, (1965-1985, divorced)
Children: with Veronica Lario: Luigi, 1988; Eleonora ,1986; Barbara,1984; with Carla Dall'Oglio: Piersilvio, 1969; Marina ,1966
Education: University of Milan, Law, 1961
Other Facts:
He has been the subject of multiple corruption and bribery (tham nhũng và hối lộ) trials.
Number 194 on the Forbes Billionaires list for 2013, with a net worth (giá trị tài sản) of $6.2 billion.
The Forza Italia Party is named for "Forza, Italia!!" (Go, Italy!!), a chant (bài thánh ca) heard at AC Milan football games. Berlusconi owns the team (Ông ấy sở hửu đội bóng). (as of 11/26/2012)
He has been treated for prostate cancer (Điều trị ung thư tuyền liệt tuyến).
Timeline:
1962 - Founds Edilnord, a real (bất động) estate (Tài sản) and construction firm (hãng, công ty).
(công ty bất động sản và xây dựng)
1974 - Creates the closed-circuit cable television station Telimilano Cavo.
1978 - Forms Fininvest, a holding company (công ty mẹ) under which he would eventually (rốt cuộc là) own television networks, department stores, the AC Milan soccer team, insurance, bookstore chains and real estate.
1980 - Launches Canale 5, Italy's first national commercial television network (mạng truyền hình thương mại đầu tiên), Italia 1 follows in 1982 and Rete 4 in 1984.
February 19, 1986 - Buys the AC Milan football (soccer) club.
1988 - Buys La Standa, Italy's largest department store.
January 26, 1994 - Resigns all his positions (từ bỏ tất cả các vị trí tại...) at Fininvest to enter politics, but still holds stock.
1994 - Forms the Forza Italia Party and is elected prime minister.(Thành lập Đảng Forza Italia và được bầu làm Thủ tướng.)
December 22, 1994 - Is removed from office after nearly nine months, after losing the support of other political parties.
1996 - Loses the election for prime minister to Romano Prodi.
December 1997 - Is sentenced to 16 months for accounting fraud at Fininvest. The sentence is later suspended.
July 1998 - Is sentenced to two years and four months and fined $5.6 million for corruption/illegal party financing, then is sentenced to two years and nine months for bribing tax inspectors. An appeals court overturns the corruption charges in October 1999: the bribery conviction is thrown out in May 2000.
May 13, 2001 - Wins the general election with 18.5 million votes to become prime minister of Italy.
February 10, 2004 - Becomes the first leader to visit Libya since Moammar Gadhafi's promise to end development of weapons of mass destruction.
April 20, 2005 - Resigns but is sworn in as the prime minister again after forming a new government three days later, on April 23.
September 25, 2005 - Cleared of charges of allegedly funneling money in 1991 through the holding company All Iberian to fund the Socialist Party of former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi and of false bookkeeping/ cover up of the transfers.
March 10, 2006 - Prosecutors decide that Berlusconi should be put on trial for judicial corruption.
April 19, 2006 - The Italian Supreme Court confirms Romano Prodi's April 9 election win, but Berlusconi doesn't concede and resign until May 2.
October 30, 2006 - Berlusconi and British lawyer David Mills are ordered to stand trial on charges of corruption. Berlusconi is accused of paying Mills $600,000 in exchange for favorable testimony in two cases involving the former prime minister.
November 26, 2006 - Faints while addressing a rally on live television. Doctors later state that he has an irregular heartbeat.
December 19, 2006 - Receives an implantable pacemaker at the Cleveland Clinic.
January 16, 2007 - Charges of tax fraud before 1998 and receipt of stolen goods are dropped against Berlusconi and Mills, because the offenses have passed the statute of limitations. Charges of balance sheet fraud, tax fraud and embezzlement in 1999 and 2000 still stand.
March 13, 2007 - The corruption trial against Berlusconi and David Mills begins. Both Mills and Berlusconi face prison terms from four to twelve years if convicted.
September 24, 2007 - The trial is moved to London to aid witnesses who claim traveling to Italy would be too difficult.
February 21, 2008 - Berlusconi's trial is postponed until after the election.
April 14, 2008 - Wins the Italian parliamentary elections to become the prime minister for the third time.
May 8, 2008 - Is sworn in.
October 7, 2009 - Italy's Constitutional Court strikes down a 2008 law that would have given Berlusconi immunity from prosecution.
December 13, 2009 - Berlusconi is attacked at a rally in Milan and suffers a broken nose and several broken teeth.
December 14, 2010 - Survives parliamentary confidence vote in the lower house by three votes. The win sparks a demonstration in Rome where nearly 100 are injured.
January 14, 2011 - Magistrates in Milan reveal they are investigating whether Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl and then abused his power by trying to cover it up.
January 18, 2011 - Italian media leak transcripts of wiretapped conversations with Karima El Mahroug, the alleged underage girl Berlusconi had sex with when she was 17, and with other women.
February 15, 2011 - An Italian judge rules that Berlusconi will be tried on charges of sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power.
February 28, 2011 - Trial on charges of tax fraud resumes. Berlusconi is accused of reducing Mediaset's tax liabilities by purchasing U.S. movie rights at inflated prices and then creating illegal slush funds.
March 21, 2011 - The corruption trial against Berlusconi concerning David Mills resumes.
April 6, 2011 - The trial on having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power opens.
April 11, 2011 - The fraud trial resumes in Milan.
July 8, 2011 - Tells Italian daily newspaper, La Repubblica that he will not run again when his term expires in 2013.
September 1, 2011 - Businessman Gianpaolo Tarantini and his wife Angela Devenuto are arrested for allegedly blackmailing Berlusconi with information linked to a pending sex scandal accusation. An arrest warrant is also issued for Valter Lavitola.
September 16, 2011 - Prosecutors submit transcripts of approximately 100,000 wiretaps of Berlusconi, made in 2008 and 2009, to a court in Bari. The prosecutors have accused eight people of paying young women to attend parties at the Prime Minister's private home.
October 14, 2011 - Remains prime minister after a 316-301 vote of confidence in him and the Forza Italia Party.
October 18, 2011 - Is cleared of charges of tax fraud related to his commercial broadcast company, Mediaset. Company executives have been under investigation for allegedly failing to pay $45 million in corporate taxes and other fiscal crimes from 2000 to 2003.
November 8, 2011 - The office of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano announces that Berlusconi will resign when the country's budget is confirmed by the senate.
November 12, 2011 - Resigns from office.
November 22, 2011 - Singer Mariano Apicella releases a new album called "True Love." All the lyrics on the album were written by Berlusconi.
February 15, 2012 - Italian prosecutors ask for a five-year prison sentence if Berlusconi is found guilty of corruption charges.
February 25, 2012 - A judge dismisses the corruption case, ruling that the statute of limitations has expired.
October 26, 2012 - Is convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison.
December 8, 2012 - In a message posted on his website, Berlusconi says he will run for prime minister again.
March 7, 2013 - Is sentenced to a year in prison for publishing details of a political rival's secretly recorded telephone conversations. Berlusconi's lawyer says he will appeal.
May 8, 2013 - An Italian appeals court upholds Berlusconi's four-year prison sentence for tax fraud.
June 24, 2013 - Berlusconi is found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute and of abuse of power and is sentenced to seven years in prison. He is also barred from holding public office.
Judges also barred (ngăn cấm) the flamboyant (lòe loẹt) former prime minister from holding public office (nắm giữ các chức vụ công).
The high-profile case centered on an exotic(adj, kỳ lạ) dancer nicknamed "Ruby the heart-stealer."(Ruby, kẻ cắp trái tim)
Berlusconi's attorney (Luật sư, người thụ lý) told reporters he plans to appeal the conviction (kháng cáo bản án). He said he was not surprised by the verdict (Lời tuyên án), because the former prime minister had not gotten a fair trial.Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' problem What's next for Italian politics? Woman describes Berlusconi's parties (Đảng của...)
"What happened today is very serious," defense attorney (Luật sư bão chữa) Nicolo Ghedini said, arguing that judges had not appropriately (adv, thích đáng)considered court proceedings. (lập luận rằng các quan tòa đã không xem xét thích đáng thủ tục tố tụng)
Prosecutors (công tố viên) had argued that Berlusconi had sex 13 times with underage dancer Karima el Mahroug and abused his position when he intervened (can thiệp, xen vào) in May 2010 to get her released from jail (nhà tù), where she was being held on charges (sự buộc tội) of theft.
Link gốc có Video : http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/24/world/europe/berlusconi-court-guilty/index.html
Berlusconi, 76, has denied the charges and others against him.
"It is absurd /əb'sə:d/ to suggest (thật là vô lý để đề nghị rằng...) I have paid for a rapport with a woman (trả tiền cho một mối quan hệ với PN). It is something I have never done, not even once in my life (thậm chí là chưa 1 lần trong đời). It is something I find degrading (adj) to my dignity (giảm nhân phẩm của tôi)," he has said.
El Mahroug has said that she never had sex with Berlusconi and that she lied to him about her age, telling him she was 24.
The underage sex trial verdict is the latest in a string of legal troubles (chuổi rắc rối về pháp luật) the former prime minister has faced.
Last month, an Italian appeals court (phiên tòa phúc thẩm _ xét xử lại) in Milan upheld (thay đổi đột ngột) a four-year prison sentence for Berlusconi, who was convicted of tax evasion /i'veiʤn/ (trốn thuế) by a lower court last October.
In that sentence, he was barred from public office for five years.
Berlusconi, who served on and off as prime minister between 1994 and 2011, is arguably one of the most colorful and controversial (gây tranh cãi) figures in the lively history of Italian politics. For years, he has been entangled in (bị vướng vào) fraud (gian lận), corruption and sex scandals that have often reached Italian courts.
Berlusconi Fast Facts
In a 389-page document presented to a court in 2011, prosecutors alleged Berlusconi paid el Mahroug and scores of other young women (hàng chục gái tơ) for taking part in "bunga bunga parties" at his private residence (dinh thự).
Using what they say are phone interceptions (ngăn chặn, nghe lén) of the young women as evidence (bằng chứng), prosecutors said the women performed strip-teases (thoát y vũ) and erotic (khiêu dâm)actions in exchange for money and gifts. Berlusconi says the parties were normal dinner gatherings where no one misbehaved (v,ăn ở bậy bạ, cư xử thiếu đứng đắn).
Berlusconi denied the charges and accused prosecutors of conspiring (mưu hại, âm mưu) against him in a left-wing (cánh tả) plot (âm mưu). "Communism (chủ nghĩa cộng sản) never changes in Italy. There are still people who use the penal code (bộ luật hình sự) as a weapon in their ideological battles (cuộc chiến tư tưởng) ," he said last year.
Undaunted (không nản lòng), Berlusconi has not only launched an appeal (đưa ra sự kháng cáo), but in December made two significant announcements: his engagement (sự đính hôn) to 27-year-old Francesca Pascale, and then, his political comeback.
In Italy's February elections, the three-time prime minister appealed to Italian voters (kêu gọi cử tri Ý) by denouncing (tố cáo) the unpopular austerity policies (chính sách thắt lưng buộc bụng) of technocrat (chế độ kỹ trị) Mario Monti.
For all his critics (nhà phê bình), Berlusconi won almost 30% of the vote in February and remains an influential figure (nhân vật có ảnh hưởng, có thế lực) in Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile (mong manh) coalition government (chính phủ liên minh).
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(CNN) -- Here's a look at the life of Italian billionaire and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Personal:
Birth Date: September 29, 1936
Birth Place: Milan, Italy
Father: Luigi Berlusconi, bank clerk (thư ký ngân hàng)
Mother: Rosella (Bossi) Berlusconi, homemaker (người nội trợ)
Marriages: Veronica Lario, (1990-2012, divorced); Carla Dall'Oglio, (1965-1985, divorced)
Children: with Veronica Lario: Luigi, 1988; Eleonora ,1986; Barbara,1984; with Carla Dall'Oglio: Piersilvio, 1969; Marina ,1966
Education: University of Milan, Law, 1961
Other Facts:
He has been the subject of multiple corruption and bribery (tham nhũng và hối lộ) trials.
Number 194 on the Forbes Billionaires list for 2013, with a net worth (giá trị tài sản) of $6.2 billion.
The Forza Italia Party is named for "Forza, Italia!!" (Go, Italy!!), a chant (bài thánh ca) heard at AC Milan football games. Berlusconi owns the team (Ông ấy sở hửu đội bóng). (as of 11/26/2012)
He has been treated for prostate cancer (Điều trị ung thư tuyền liệt tuyến).
Timeline:
1962 - Founds Edilnord, a real (bất động) estate (Tài sản) and construction firm (hãng, công ty).
(công ty bất động sản và xây dựng)
1974 - Creates the closed-circuit cable television station Telimilano Cavo.
1978 - Forms Fininvest, a holding company (công ty mẹ) under which he would eventually (rốt cuộc là) own television networks, department stores, the AC Milan soccer team, insurance, bookstore chains and real estate.
1980 - Launches Canale 5, Italy's first national commercial television network (mạng truyền hình thương mại đầu tiên), Italia 1 follows in 1982 and Rete 4 in 1984.
February 19, 1986 - Buys the AC Milan football (soccer) club.
1988 - Buys La Standa, Italy's largest department store.
January 26, 1994 - Resigns all his positions (từ bỏ tất cả các vị trí tại...) at Fininvest to enter politics, but still holds stock.
1994 - Forms the Forza Italia Party and is elected prime minister.(Thành lập Đảng Forza Italia và được bầu làm Thủ tướng.)
December 22, 1994 - Is removed from office after nearly nine months, after losing the support of other political parties.
1996 - Loses the election for prime minister to Romano Prodi.
December 1997 - Is sentenced to 16 months for accounting fraud at Fininvest. The sentence is later suspended.
July 1998 - Is sentenced to two years and four months and fined $5.6 million for corruption/illegal party financing, then is sentenced to two years and nine months for bribing tax inspectors. An appeals court overturns the corruption charges in October 1999: the bribery conviction is thrown out in May 2000.
May 13, 2001 - Wins the general election with 18.5 million votes to become prime minister of Italy.
February 10, 2004 - Becomes the first leader to visit Libya since Moammar Gadhafi's promise to end development of weapons of mass destruction.
April 20, 2005 - Resigns but is sworn in as the prime minister again after forming a new government three days later, on April 23.
September 25, 2005 - Cleared of charges of allegedly funneling money in 1991 through the holding company All Iberian to fund the Socialist Party of former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi and of false bookkeeping/ cover up of the transfers.
March 10, 2006 - Prosecutors decide that Berlusconi should be put on trial for judicial corruption.
April 19, 2006 - The Italian Supreme Court confirms Romano Prodi's April 9 election win, but Berlusconi doesn't concede and resign until May 2.
October 30, 2006 - Berlusconi and British lawyer David Mills are ordered to stand trial on charges of corruption. Berlusconi is accused of paying Mills $600,000 in exchange for favorable testimony in two cases involving the former prime minister.
November 26, 2006 - Faints while addressing a rally on live television. Doctors later state that he has an irregular heartbeat.
December 19, 2006 - Receives an implantable pacemaker at the Cleveland Clinic.
January 16, 2007 - Charges of tax fraud before 1998 and receipt of stolen goods are dropped against Berlusconi and Mills, because the offenses have passed the statute of limitations. Charges of balance sheet fraud, tax fraud and embezzlement in 1999 and 2000 still stand.
March 13, 2007 - The corruption trial against Berlusconi and David Mills begins. Both Mills and Berlusconi face prison terms from four to twelve years if convicted.
September 24, 2007 - The trial is moved to London to aid witnesses who claim traveling to Italy would be too difficult.
February 21, 2008 - Berlusconi's trial is postponed until after the election.
April 14, 2008 - Wins the Italian parliamentary elections to become the prime minister for the third time.
May 8, 2008 - Is sworn in.
October 7, 2009 - Italy's Constitutional Court strikes down a 2008 law that would have given Berlusconi immunity from prosecution.
December 13, 2009 - Berlusconi is attacked at a rally in Milan and suffers a broken nose and several broken teeth.
December 14, 2010 - Survives parliamentary confidence vote in the lower house by three votes. The win sparks a demonstration in Rome where nearly 100 are injured.
January 14, 2011 - Magistrates in Milan reveal they are investigating whether Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl and then abused his power by trying to cover it up.
January 18, 2011 - Italian media leak transcripts of wiretapped conversations with Karima El Mahroug, the alleged underage girl Berlusconi had sex with when she was 17, and with other women.
February 15, 2011 - An Italian judge rules that Berlusconi will be tried on charges of sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power.
February 28, 2011 - Trial on charges of tax fraud resumes. Berlusconi is accused of reducing Mediaset's tax liabilities by purchasing U.S. movie rights at inflated prices and then creating illegal slush funds.
March 21, 2011 - The corruption trial against Berlusconi concerning David Mills resumes.
April 6, 2011 - The trial on having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power opens.
April 11, 2011 - The fraud trial resumes in Milan.
July 8, 2011 - Tells Italian daily newspaper, La Repubblica that he will not run again when his term expires in 2013.
September 1, 2011 - Businessman Gianpaolo Tarantini and his wife Angela Devenuto are arrested for allegedly blackmailing Berlusconi with information linked to a pending sex scandal accusation. An arrest warrant is also issued for Valter Lavitola.
September 16, 2011 - Prosecutors submit transcripts of approximately 100,000 wiretaps of Berlusconi, made in 2008 and 2009, to a court in Bari. The prosecutors have accused eight people of paying young women to attend parties at the Prime Minister's private home.
October 14, 2011 - Remains prime minister after a 316-301 vote of confidence in him and the Forza Italia Party.
October 18, 2011 - Is cleared of charges of tax fraud related to his commercial broadcast company, Mediaset. Company executives have been under investigation for allegedly failing to pay $45 million in corporate taxes and other fiscal crimes from 2000 to 2003.
November 8, 2011 - The office of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano announces that Berlusconi will resign when the country's budget is confirmed by the senate.
November 12, 2011 - Resigns from office.
November 22, 2011 - Singer Mariano Apicella releases a new album called "True Love." All the lyrics on the album were written by Berlusconi.
February 15, 2012 - Italian prosecutors ask for a five-year prison sentence if Berlusconi is found guilty of corruption charges.
February 25, 2012 - A judge dismisses the corruption case, ruling that the statute of limitations has expired.
October 26, 2012 - Is convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison.
December 8, 2012 - In a message posted on his website, Berlusconi says he will run for prime minister again.
March 7, 2013 - Is sentenced to a year in prison for publishing details of a political rival's secretly recorded telephone conversations. Berlusconi's lawyer says he will appeal.
May 8, 2013 - An Italian appeals court upholds Berlusconi's four-year prison sentence for tax fraud.
June 24, 2013 - Berlusconi is found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute and of abuse of power and is sentenced to seven years in prison. He is also barred from holding public office.
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