Monday, 31 December 2012


Berlusconi and ex-wife reach settlement

Ex-PM to pay 3 mln euros a month

28 December, 11:27
 
 
(ANSA) - Milan, December 28 - Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi has reached a settlement with his ex-wife Veronica Lario, from whom he is legally separated but yet to obtain a final divorce, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported Friday.

The media magnate and centre-right politician will give Lario three million euros a month or 36 million a year but will keep sole possession of his luxury villa outside Milan and his vast business empire will be unaffected, the daily said.

The "non-consensual" sentence, ending a three-year legal tussle, was handed down on Christmas Day "in great secret", Corriere said.

Lario filed for divorce in May 2009 claiming her husband was frequenting minors.