An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a underage prostitution case that has dogged the former prime minister for more than a decade.
The other 28 co-defendants, many of them young women accused of accepting bribes, were also all acquitted, including the Moroccan dancer Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name, Ruby the Heartstealer.
The scandal over the evening parties contributed to Berlusconi's downfall as prime minister in 2011, marking the end of his fourth government. The bribery case was split between three cities -- Siena, Rome and Milan -- because of where the various witnesses lived. All three trials have now ended in not-guilty verdicts, although the prosecutors in Siena are appealing.
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