The sprawling terracotta villa near Sardinia’s emerald sea has been the Italian Prime Minister’s favourite spot for years for entertaining world powerbrokers and relaxing with pretty girls. It boasts waterfalls, an artificial volcano and seven swimming pools.
Now the 120-hectare Villa Certosa is at the centre of allegations against Silvio Berlusconi, 72, that threaten to bring him down. His failure to give a coherent explanation of his relationship with Noemi Letizia, a teenage model, has inflamed a scandal that shows no signs of abating before European elections next week.
Amid all the contradictory accounts of how an aspiring actress became acquainted with the media billionaire one consistency has emerged.
According to first her former boyfriend and now her mother, Ms Letizia was flown to a new year’s party at Mr Berlusconi's villa on the Costa Smeralda as his private guest.
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