“Berlusconi is seriously ill,” say Milan prosecutors

The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is seriously ill and for this reason his trial for bribing witnesses in bunga bunga case At the moment, he must continue without his participation in the hearings, according to the Milan prosecutors, reports APE.

“We believe that Berlusconi is seriously ill and has a serious illness. “This emerges from the medical certificates and from the visits of the specialists”, underlined the prosecutor Titsiana Siciliano.

At On May 26, the competent courts will have to decide whether the whole procedure can be continued with the examination of the other defendants and witnesses and the postponement of Silvio Berlusconi, who could return to court when and if his state of health allows it.

In this particular trial, Berlusconi accused of bribing a number of young women to testify that the festivities, known as the “bunga bunka party”, at his villa in Arcore were merely “high-end dinners”.

Mr Berlusconi – who is 84 years old – has been admitted to a private hospital in San Rafaele, Milan, several times in recent months because of the effects of the coronavirus and, according to part of the press, due to heart disease.

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