Berlusconi denies affair with teen

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has said the suggestion by his wife and the media that he had a relationship with an 18-year-old girl was a "lie".

Silvio Berlusconi denied having a relationship with an 18 year old girl Silvio Berlusconi denied having a relationship with an 18-year-old girl

Berlusconi went on state-run television to repeat that his wife Veronica Lario should publicly apologise for embarrassing him and admit that she was wrong.

Lario has said she wanted a divorce, citing Berlusconi's frequent flirtations with younger women, and Berlusconi's recent presence at the 18th birthday party of Noemi Letizia as evidence.

Berlusconi said: "If there was anything spicy or less than clean in the relationship between the premier and a woman younger than 18, wouldn't it seem crazy for the premier to go to a public function and be photographed all over the place?"

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