Berlusconi faces new trial

ROME -- Silvio Berlusconi continues to be indicted inside a situation including wiretaps and leaked information, which gets worse legal worries for that Italo media mogul and former premier. Milan magistrates have set a March 15 start date for that trial. Berlusconi is charged with seeping transcripts of wiretapped calls to newspaper Il Giornale, that is possessed by his brother Paolo, to be able to allegedly discredit a political opponent. Berlusconi's lawyer Niccolo Ghedini referred to the indictment as "incredible," adding that "this umpteenth trial will finish up in nothing, as the rest of the ones," Italian news agency ANSA reported. The Television magnate-switched-pol can also be facing three separate tests on charges including corruption and tax fraud, regarding the Mediaset, the very best Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset, that they controls, as well as for having to pay for sex by having an underage prostitute. The wiretap transcripts within this new situation were allegedly acquired by Berlusconi because of his position as pm at that time. They have to do with calls in 2005 between then leftist leader Piero Fassino along with a banker throughout a putting in a bid war for charge of prominent Italo bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. Berlusconi resigned in November compelled by financial turmoil besides his sex and corruption scams. He lately reiterated towards the Financial Occasions he'll not run again for pm. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com