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Milan prosecutor in prostitution case seeks 6 years in jail for Berlusconi

MILAN – Milan prosecutors have demanded a sentence of six years in jail and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

Berlusconi is accused of paying for sex with an underage Moroccan teen at a lavish party he hosted while he was premier, and then trying to cover it up.

Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini told the court during closing arguments Monday that the young woman, Karima el-Mahroug, known as Ruby, lied when she denied having had sex with Berlusconi.

Boccassini said “there is no doubt that Ruby had sex with the defendant and that she received benefits in exchange.”

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