Berlusconi: the singers, statesmen and models at his Sardinian villa

To be invited to parties at Silvio Berlusconi’s sumptuous Sardinian home is to belong to a diverse and tight-lipped club

Singers, statesmen, a Big Brother housemate and of course, a mysterious teenage model from Naples: to be invited to parties at Silvio Berlusconi’s sumptuous Sardinian home is to belong to a diverse and tight-lipped club. As the Italian Prime Minister continues to block the publication of photos allegedly showing semi-clad young women at his private villa, more accounts have emerged of his controversial parties on the Costa Smeralda. Elisa Alloro, 33, a former showgirl turned television presenter, has offered the first glimpse behind the closed gates of Villa Certosa, describing the 72-year-old billionaire as an exuberant host who likes to give the young women on his guest list tips on how to wear their hair and lectures them on botany. Her account coincides with reports by Italian media which name a former nude model, Sabine Began, as the “Queen Bee” among the succession of pretty girls at Mr Berlusconi’s parties. Il Riformista claimed that Ms Began, who has a tattoo of a butterfly — a symbol linked to Mr Berlusconi — was the “crucial link to the parties at Villa Certosa”. The newspaper also hinted that the photographs seized by Italian police last weekend showed a woman fitting Ms Began’s description arriving at the villa.

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