Berlusconi's alleged call-girl testifies in Milan

MILAN - Agence France-Presse

Exotic dancer Karima El-Mahroug (R), nicknamed Ruby the Heart Stealer speaks to journalists as part of a protest in front of Milan's courthouse against the trial of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi who is accused of having sex with an underage prostitute on April 4, 2013. The media baron, now 76, is accused of having sex for money in 2010 with the then 17-year-old Karima El-Mahroug. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE

The woman alleged to have had sex for money with Silvio Berlusconi when she was just 17 and he was the prime minister began testifying on Friday at a trial of three people accused of pimping for him.

Karima El-Mahroug, an exotic dancer better known by her nickname as Ruby the Heart Stealer, never testified at Berlusconi's trial for having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of office. That trial is due to conclude with a verdict next month.
 
The trial El-Mahroug was testifying at is of Lele Mora, a former showbiz agent, Emilio Fede, a network anchor working for Berlusconi's television empire and Nicole Minetti, a showgirl.
 
The three are accused of supplying girls for allegedly raunchy "bunga bunga" parties held at Berlusconi's luxury mansion outside Milan.

El-Mahroug and Berlusconi have denied having sex.