Berlusconi testifies at the trial by the publication of their photos with girls

The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today went to Milan to testify in the trial which accuses the former weekly "Oggi" pine Belleri publish some photos allegedly taken illegally from the exmandatario, surrounded by girls at his residence in Sardinia in 2007.

Berlusconi, which in turn denounced "Oggi" by the publication of these pictures to consider that they violated their privacy and that they had taken into his residence, reiterated today before the judges the reasons for his indictment, according to Italian media.

According to media, Berlusconi told Judge Maria Teresa Guadagnino, the Court of Milan, which to capture the images made by Antonello Zappadu was necessary to go into its ownership private.

In photographs published in May 2007 under the title "The harem of Berlusconi" and was given around the world, saw "Il Cavaliere" in the company of six girls, some the u000aHe caught the hand while they walked through the gardens of Villa Certosa, as it is called its residence in the exclusive Costa Smeralda in Sardinia island.

The more controversial image of the story was that portrayed Berlusconi with several girls, two sitting on your lap, while the exmandatario got one of his hands between the legs of one and the other under the shirt of one of them.

Berlusconi showed a map of Villa Certosa during the hearing and said that all his property is fenced and there are posters of "private property", so to take the pictures, the reporter was introduced inside his residence.

He also explained that pictures were taken at a time of an "absolutely private visit" and added that that day had not only women, but also other ten people, as well as about thirty gardeners and several bodyguards.

On the photo in which young women sat on his knees, u000aBerlusconi explained that this was a simple photo of group that is usually done with the people who visit your residence.

Accused the weekly of "having excluded the photos with men" to create "an attractive situation in relation to sales".

Berlusconi also defined Villa Certosa as a "true Wonderland Park" and added that "who comes to visit her later costs much leave".

"There is the main house;" other houses for guests; a number of places for lunch and dinner; a theatre; a study of television; Botanical museums like the Hibiscus, which is the largest in the world; an area for butterflies, one for fish and turtles. "Ultimately, Villa Certosa with a pizzeria, an ice cream and an amusement park is a true Wonderland Park," said Berlusconi.

Antonello Zappadu reporter caught, as he has stated on several occasions, hundreds of snapshots in the Villa u000aCertosa, such as those that were published in June 2010 for the Spanish newspaper "El País" and those who saw Berlusconi with some young people and other scenes in which girls take the Sun in "top less" next to the swimming pool.

These photos were abducted by the Rome Prosecutor's Office arguing that they violated the right to privacy.

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