(ANSA) – MILAN, MARCH 30 – “First of all I want to deny in a more absolute way the disputed facts, I have never received money from Dr. Berlusconi or from Karima, in my three-year relationship with Karima I have taken steps to keep it , even though she had good income from her business “. Thus, Luca Risso, ex-boyfriend of Karima El Mahroug, accused of money laundering, defended himself, making spontaneous statements in the Milanese trial on the Ruby ter case, project of the restaurant with pasta factory in Mexico in Playa del Carmen, where he currently lives and works, initially she was also involved but then their relationship ended.
Risso is accused in the trial, which sees among the accused Berlusconi and 28 other people, of having laundered part of the money that the former prime minister allegedly made Ruby have as alleged corruption in judicial acts (between 5 and 7 million euros for the young, according to the prosecutors). Part of the Cavaliere’s money, according to the prosecutors, would have been used for the purchase of a restaurant with an adjoining pasta factory and two buildings with mini-lodgings for operators in the tourism sector in Playa del Carmen.
“All the financial resources I had – explained Risso explaining those investments in Mexico – I earned them in my business with the locals on the Ligurian Riviera, we were the top of the Riviera for at least 7 years”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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