Berlusconi didn’t have sex with Letizia, says ex-boyfriend

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - After describing himself as "Superman", Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said: "Most Italians want to be like me." The controversial 72-year-old premier, who has repeatedly denied allegations of inappropriate relationships with young women, insisted during a television interview: "Most Italians would like to be like me and they support my behaviour. "Italian aren't stupid, as the Left thinks, and they prefer my government.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The sex scandal swirling around Silvio Berlusconi took a fresh turn when a reality TV show contestant claimed that he had only posed as the boyfriend of aspiring model Noemi Letizia, after the Italian premier attended her 18th birthday party in April. Domenico Cozzolino, 21, said that his 'fake' relationship with Letizia had been organised, but he refused to say by whom.

June 15th, 2009 ROME - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said that subversives are planning a palace coup of sorts to impose an un-elected leader on the country. Addressing a business lobby group, Berlusconi said: "There is a campaign of scandals against me.

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has vowed he will quit if it is shown he lied over his relationship with Noemi Letizia, an 18-year-old aspiring model. Last night, the multi-millionaire premier pledged that he will step down from his post after Spanish newspaper El Pais published photos of topless women and a nude man at his Sardinian home.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister at the centre of a media storm since his wife Veronica Lario publicly questioned the nature of his relationship with an 18-year-old aspiring model, has dismissed any talk of resignation. "Giving up has never crossed my mind.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has blasted reports suggesting that he had a "steamy affair" with Noemi Letizia, the 18-year-old aspiring model at the heart of his divorce row, and said he would have to resign if caught lying about it. The 72-year-old conservative leader's relationship with Letizia created a huge furore after his wife Veronica demanded a divorce because of his womanising and said he was "not well".

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - The scandal surrounding Silvio Berlusconi's friendship with an 18-year-old aspiring model has started a new guessing game in Italy over its authenticity. His wife, however, is not happy with the news and has, infact, announced intentions of divorcing him in a newspaper.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - The ex-boyfriend of Noemi Letizia, the 18-year-old aspiring model at the heart of Silvio Berlusconi's divorce row, has blamed the Italian Prime Minister for the breakdown of his relationship. Berlusconi's ties with Letizia have already angered his wife Veronica Lario, 52.

May 25th, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is likely to address Parliament over his alleged relationship with one 18-year-old Noemi Letizia. Letizia, who affectionately calls Berlusconi "Papi", came under media glare after Veronica Lario, the Italian leader's wife, announced their divorce saying that she could not stay with a man "who frequents minors".

May 25th, 2009 ROME - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said there was "nothing remotely wrong" about his relationship with an 18-year-old Neapolitan woman, in a television interview broadcast Monday. Berlusconi, whose wife has recently demanded a divorce, was referring to opposition accusations, repeated in the media, of an inappropriate friendship with Noemi Letizia and her parents.

May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's reputation received another blow when pictures of him and Noemi Letizia, the 18-year-old accused of being at the heart of his divorce, were published showing them attending a Christmas party given by AC Milan, the football club that he owns. Photographs and a video clip were published by La Repubblica, the newspaper, on its website showing Letizia attending the party with her mother, Anna Palumbo, reports The Times.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has blasted the country's press, accusing it of "disgraceful behaviour" for revealing that Noemi Letizia, the 18-year-old accused of being at the heart of his divorce, owns four properties in Naples. Public land registry showed that the Letizia family flat in the Naples suburb of Portici had been in the name of Letizia since 2003, Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's main financial paper, said.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - A very public divorce and allegations of being an aspiring teenage model's "Papi" have put a dent in Silvio Berlusconi's popularity ratings, says a new poll. Italian Prime Minister's ratings have slipped by three points to 53 per cent nearly two weeks after his second wife, Veronica Lario, demanded a divorce over his relationships with starlets and with Noemi Letizia, to whom he gave a 5,400-poun pendant for her 18th birthday, reports The Times.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Noemi Letizia, the 18-year-old accused of being at the heart of Silvio Berlusconi's divorce, has claimed that the Italian prime minister will launch her into a career in politics. Letizia, who affectionately calls Berlusconi "Papi", came under media glare after Veronica Lario, the Italian leader's wife, announced their divorce with the words, "I cannot be with a man who spends time with under-age women".

May 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - Rumours are abuzz that the 18-year-old girl at the center of the storm surrounding Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is his daughter. As per sources, Noemi Letizia calls the Italian leader 'Papi' or 'Daddy', reports the New York Post.