Berlusconi seeks apology
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mayıs 05, 2009 00:00
ROME - Facing a divorce threat, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi demanded an apology yesterday from his wife for her public complaints over his roving eye and said their stormy marriage was heading for divorce.
"Veronica must apologize publicly," the 72-year-old Berlusconi told Corriere della Sera newspaper as he went on the offensive in the couple's public row. "And I don't know if that will be enough," he said after press reports that Veronica Lario now wants a divorce from the billionaire media baron. Lario, a 52-year-old former actress, last week issued an open letter complaining because Berlusconi chose many young women with no political experience to stand for his party in European Union elections in June.
One was a former Miss Italy contestant. "It's the third time she's done this to me in the middle of an election campaign. It's too much," the flamboyant PMsaid. Asked whether the near 19-year marriage could survive, Berlusconi said: "I don't think so. I don't know if I want it to this time."
With a huge divorce settlement all but certain, the Italian press has begun totting up the Berlusconi family's complex fortune built from a modest construction company into a sprawling media empire estimated by Forbes to be worth some $6.5 billion (4.5 billion euros). Berlusconi's Fininvest empire includes three TVchannels teeming with game shows and soap operas featuring scantily clad starlets. The couple, who have three children, are rarely seen in public together, while Berlusconi is a bon vivant known for his stamina at late-night dinner parties.
One was a former Miss Italy contestant. "It's the third time she's done this to me in the middle of an election campaign. It's too much," the flamboyant PMsaid. Asked whether the near 19-year marriage could survive, Berlusconi said: "I don't think so. I don't know if I want it to this time."
With a huge divorce settlement all but certain, the Italian press has begun totting up the Berlusconi family's complex fortune built from a modest construction company into a sprawling media empire estimated by Forbes to be worth some $6.5 billion (4.5 billion euros). Berlusconi's Fininvest empire includes three TVchannels teeming with game shows and soap operas featuring scantily clad starlets. The couple, who have three children, are rarely seen in public together, while Berlusconi is a bon vivant known for his stamina at late-night dinner parties.