給意大利總理的丑聞火上澆油

Purported conversation with prostitute after sex centres on PM's apparent prowess

John Hooper in Rome，Thursday 23 July 2009 18.34 BST

The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, faced further – and even more excruciating – embarrassment today when the weekly news magazine L'Espresso posted a recording on its website apparently made soon after he had finished having sex with a prostitute.

Berlusconi has sought to make light of the release this week of a series of tapes, saying Italians knew he was "no saint". But he did not deny their authenticity, although his lawyer had earlier claimed they were fake.

In by far the most intimate recording so far, the prime minister purportedly discusses male orgasms and the advisability of female masturbation with Patrizia D'Addario, the escort who claims to have spent the night at his Rome residence last November.

D'Addario, who has said she made the recordings on her mobile telephone, supplied them to prosecutors in Bari who are investigating whether to bring charges against the businessman alleged to have arranged for her to visit Berlusconi.

The recording begins with D'Addario purportedly telling the prime minister that a young man "would have already come in a second".

After the voice alleged to be Berlusconi's says "the problem, in my opinion, is a family one", D'Addario asks: "You know how long it is since I had sex the way I had it with you tonight?" She then answers her own question, saying: "Months. Not since I left my man. Is [that] normal?"

The reply is: "If I may, you ought to have sex by yourself. You ought to touch yourself with a certain frequency."

In another recording posted to the web today, Berlusconi purportedly shows D'Addario and other women around his estate on Sardinia.

This is the third batch of tapes to be put up on websites by L'Espresso and its sister publication, the daily La Repubblica, in what has become an acrimonious trial of strength.

Berlusconi has denied that he was aware that D'Addario had been paid to visit him. She was one of several women recruited by a southern Italian businessman, Giampaolo Tarantini, to attend a party at the prime minister's private residence. According to a recording released earlier, they were each paid €1,000 (£860), but expected more if they stayed the night.

John Hooper發(fā)自羅馬，2009年7月23日 周四 英國(guó)夏令時(shí)18：34

意大利新聞周刊L'Espresso今天在其網(wǎng)站上放出了一段明顯是在西爾維奧·貝魯斯科尼和一位青樓女子盡享“魚(yú)水之歡”之后不久錄下的錄音，這讓本就因性丑聞而聲名掃地的意大利總理更加如坐針氈。

貝盧斯科尼曾試圖低調(diào)處理這周爆出的一系列性丑聞錄音帶，他說(shuō)意大利人民都知道他”不是圣人“。但他并沒(méi)有否認(rèn)這些錄音帶的真實(shí)性，盡管他的律師早先曾聲稱(chēng)這些錄音帶是偽造的。

據(jù)稱(chēng)，在這份至今為止內(nèi)容最火辣的錄音里，總理大人和聲稱(chēng)去年11月曾到羅馬總理官邸和貝盧斯科尼共渡春宵的援交女郎Patrizia D'Addario大談男性性高潮和女性自慰的好處。

D'Addario聲稱(chēng)這些錄音是她用手機(jī)錄下的，并將它們交給了巴里檢方——他們正在對(duì)被認(rèn)定安排D'Addario和貝盧斯科尼會(huì)面的商人進(jìn)行調(diào)查，以決定是否對(duì)其進(jìn)行起訴。

錄音的開(kāi)始，D'Addario告訴貝盧斯科尼，要是換一個(gè)年輕人，“也許一秒就出了”。

在一個(gè)被指認(rèn)為貝盧斯科尼的聲音說(shuō)“我認(rèn)為，這是一個(gè)家庭問(wèn)題”之后，D'Addario問(wèn)到：“你知道我上一次像今晚和你這樣做愛(ài)是多久之前了么？”接著，她自問(wèn)自答說(shuō)：“好多個(gè)月了。自從我離開(kāi)我的男人之后就再也沒(méi)有過(guò)了。（這）正常么？”

總理大人回答到：“要我說(shuō)，你應(yīng)該自己做愛(ài)。你應(yīng)該有規(guī)律地自慰。”

在今天網(wǎng)站上放出的另一段錄音中，貝盧斯科尼向D'Addario和其他女人展示他位于撒丁島的莊園。

這次的錄音是L'Espresso和其姊妹刊物《共和國(guó)報(bào)》網(wǎng)站上放出的第三批錄音。這已經(jīng)成為了一場(chǎng)劍拔弩張的角力。

貝盧斯科尼否認(rèn)他知道D'Addario是受人雇傭和他會(huì)面。一位來(lái)自意大利南部的商人Giampaolo Tarantini聘請(qǐng)了若干女郎到貝盧斯科尼的私人住所參加一次聚會(huì)，而D'Addario就是其中之一。根據(jù)此前披露的錄音，這些女郎每人得到了1000歐元（約合860英鎊）的報(bào)酬，但如果她們能在總理那兒過(guò)夜就能得到更多。