Photographs show 'naked' Czech ex-PM at Berlusconi's villa

Silvio Berlusconi was mired deeper in the scandal over his private life yesterday after the publication of explicit photographs taken at his Sardinian villa that showed topless women and a naked man, later identified as the former Czech Prime Minister. The Spanish daily El País published five paparazzi photographs over three pages under the headline: “The photographs Berlusconi did not want Italians to see.” “I am not frightened. These are innocent photos, there is no scandal, but there has been an aggressive intrusion into my private life,” Mr Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, told a radio station. His lawyer, Niccolo Ghedini, said that he would be taking legal action to prevent further images being circulated. El País insisted that their publication was in the public interest. It said that Mr Berlusconi’s conduct was “not only a subject for concern for Italians but for all Europeans”. CONTINUE ...

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