Ex-Italian Premier, Berlusconi sentenced to seven years in underage sex case

A Milan court on Monday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (76) of paying for sex with an underage sex worker during infamous “bunga bunga” parties at his villa and then using his influence to try to cover it up. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and barred from public office for life — a sentence that could mean the end of his two-decade political career. However, there are two more levels of appeal before the sentence would become final, a process that can take months.