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| Silvio Berlusconi 'to pay ex-wife 36m euros a year' | Silvio Berlusconi 'to pay ex-wife 36m euros a year' |
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| Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36m euros (£30m; $48m) a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, reports say. | Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36m euros (£30m; $48m) a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, reports say. |
| Berlusconi will keep the $100m villa where the couple lived with their three children, as part of a divorce deal reportedly filed on Christmas Day. | Berlusconi will keep the $100m villa where the couple lived with their three children, as part of a divorce deal reportedly filed on Christmas Day. |
| Ms Lario left Berlusconi in 2009 after he was seen at the 18th birthday party of an aspiring model, Noemi Letizia. | |
| US magazine Forbes estimated his wealth at almost $6bn in March. | |
| The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that Ms Lario, 56, had initially asked for $56m a year. | The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that Ms Lario, 56, had initially asked for $56m a year. |
| Her 76-year-old ex-husband reportedly offered her about $5m. | Her 76-year-old ex-husband reportedly offered her about $5m. |
| The couple met in a dressing room in 1980 after Berlusconi saw Ms Lario perform in a Milan theatre. | The couple met in a dressing room in 1980 after Berlusconi saw Ms Lario perform in a Milan theatre. |
| They were married in 1990. | They were married in 1990. |
| He has two other children from his first marriage and is currently engaged to 28-year-old Francesca Pascale . | He has two other children from his first marriage and is currently engaged to 28-year-old Francesca Pascale . |
| Berlusconi was Italy's longest-serving post-war prime minister until he resigned in November 2011. | Berlusconi was Italy's longest-serving post-war prime minister until he resigned in November 2011. |
| He says he will run for office again in 2013. | He says he will run for office again in 2013. |
| His third term in office saw slow growth and a national debt of $2.6 trillion and his government was slow to implement austerity measures in response. | His third term in office saw slow growth and a national debt of $2.6 trillion and his government was slow to implement austerity measures in response. |
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| He also became embroiled in a series of financial and sex scandals. | He also became embroiled in a series of financial and sex scandals. |
| In October 2012, he was sentenced to four years in jail by a Milan court after being convicted of tax evasion. | In October 2012, he was sentenced to four years in jail by a Milan court after being convicted of tax evasion. |
| He is currently appealing against the decision, and commentators say it is unlikely that he will serve any time in jail. | He is currently appealing against the decision, and commentators say it is unlikely that he will serve any time in jail. |
| He is also standing trial on charges of paying to have sex with an underage girl in 2010. | |
| Her identity was later revealed as Karima El-Mahroug, widely known as Ruby Rubacuori (heart-stealer), a Moroccan nightclub dancer who was 17 years old at the time. | |
| He is also charged with abusing his powers to get Ms Mahroug released from police custody after she was arrested for shoplifting. | |
| Berlusconi denies the charges. |