MILAN, (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors filed a request yesterday to bring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to trial immediately over the prostitution scandal that has shaken his struggling centre-right government.
Prosecutors accuse Berlusconi of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer when she was under 18, which is against the law in Italy.
They also accuse him of abusing the powers of his office by pressuring police to have her released from custody over theft allegations.
The 74 year-old premier dismissed the accusations
