Berlusconi blames ‘feminist’ judges for heavy price of divorce
10 Jan 2013 7:01 AM IST
Milan court officials defended the impartiality of their judges on Wednesday after ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi blamed ‘feminist, communist’ magistrates for what he said was a USD 260,000 a day divorce settlement. Berlusconi made the accusation in an interview on Tuesday. Italian media initially reported that Berlusconi's divorce from his second wife Veronica Lario would cost him 36 million euros a year.
That figure amounts to 3 million euros a month, or about 100,000 euros a day.
But Berlusconi said the figure, with arrears, was double that. He said he was ordered to pay Lario 36 million euros a year, with another 72 million euros in arrears. ‘These are three women judges, feminists and communists, OK?’ he said. ‘These are the Milan judges who have persecuted me since 1994.’ In a joint statement on Wednesday the president of the Milan tribunal and the head of the appeals court ‘rejected any insinuation of partiality’.
That figure amounts to 3 million euros a month, or about 100,000 euros a day.
But Berlusconi said the figure, with arrears, was double that. He said he was ordered to pay Lario 36 million euros a year, with another 72 million euros in arrears. ‘These are three women judges, feminists and communists, OK?’ he said. ‘These are the Milan judges who have persecuted me since 1994.’ In a joint statement on Wednesday the president of the Milan tribunal and the head of the appeals court ‘rejected any insinuation of partiality’.
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