Mr Berlusconi has been mired in scandal since April, when his wife of 20 years announced she was divorcing him, in part over his alleged relationship with an 18-year-old lingerie model, Noemi Letizia.

自今年四月以来，贝卢斯科尼先生一直麻烦不断，当时同床共枕二十年的妻子宣布与他离婚，部分原因是此人与一位十八岁内衣模特诺埃米·莱蒂奇亚的不当关系。