Italian prosecutors in Milan requested seven-year prison sentences for three associates of Silvio Berlusconi accused of pimping for the then prime minister and billionaire tycoon.
The trial of failed show business agent Lele Mora,showgirl-turned-politician Nicole Minetti and sacked television network host Emilio Fede is linked to Berlusconi8217;s own trial which is ongoing.
Berlusconi is accused of having sex with an underage 17-year-old prostitute at one the allegedly raunchy parties he threw at his villa near Milan with the help of Fede,Minetti and Mora.
Prosecutor Pietro Forno also asked that the three be banned from holding political office for life,after he presented final arguments at the trial.
Forno said the three had arranged 8220;orgies8221; at Berlusconi8217;s mansion and cited the tycoon8217;s ex-wife Veronica Lario who accused her then husband of consorting with 8220;young virgins8221;.
His colleague Antonio Sangermano said the three were like 8220;tasters of fine wine8221; and had obtained financial advantages from Berlusconi because 8220;they know all the secrets8221; of those nights.
8220;They carried out a sort of exam of the capacities of the young women and then injected them into the circuit of soirees,8221; Sangermano said.
Minetti was also an active participant and 8220;performed sexual acts for money,8221; he said.
A verdict in Berlusconi8217;s trial is expected on June 24 and a ruling in the trial of Fede,Mora and Minetti is expected on July 12.