"The fact does not exist". With this motivation Silvio Berlusconi and the Arcore pianist Danilo Mariani were acquitted, in Siena, at the Ruby ter trial.

The two were accused of corruption in judicial acts. The judges' verdict came after about an hour in council chamber.

Therefore, the first of the three trials on the Ruby ter case ends, centered on the alleged payments to the girls guests of the "bunga-bunga" evenings and to other witnesses, such as the pianist Mariani, so that - this is the thesis of the prosecutors - they sustained in court , during the proceedings for the story of the minor age of Karima El Marough, a "sweetened" version of what really happened at the evenings organized by the former prime minister.

For the former premier, however, the debates of two other areas are still underway, the main one in Milan and another in Rome. Other pending judicial troubles for the Knight are the trial in Bari for the “escort-Tarantini” affair and the investigation in Florence for the mafia massacres.

“Those who know him have never doubted his innocence. How much mud before getting to the truth! ", The comment on the Siena sentence, arrived via Twitter, by Antonio Tajani, National Coordinator of Forza Italia.

(Unioneonline / lf)

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