Italian Paper Releases 'Tapes' of Berlusconi Escort Tryst

Man instructs woman to wait 'in Putin's bed'
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 20, 2009 4:16 PM CDT
Italian Paper Releases 'Tapes' of Berlusconi Escort Tryst
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi reacts as he delivers his address during the Economic and Financial forum for the Mediterranean, in Milan today.   (AP Photo)

Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution scandal flared anew today as Italian newspaper L’Espresso released audio recordings made by the woman who claims she was paid to attend a party with the Italian PM, the BBC reports. On the recordings, a voice said to be Berlusconi’s says: “I’m going to have a shower too, so wait for me in the big bed if you finish first.” “Which big bed?” a woman asks. “Putin’s?”

“Putin’s,” the man responds, allegedly referring to a bed where Vladimir Putin had recently spent the night. “Oh, how sweet,” the woman, supposedly Patrizia D’Addario, says. “The one with the curtains.” A Berlusconi spokesman slammed L’Espresso as trying to revive an “already dead” scandal. (More Silvio Berlusconi stories.)

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