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. Ms Lario left Berlusconi in 2009
after he was seen at the 18th
birthday party of an aspiring
model. US magazine Forbes estimated
his wealth at nearly $6bn in
March. The Corriere della Sera
newspaper reported that Ms
Lario had initially asked for $
56m a year. 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, 56, perform in a
Milan theatre. They were married in 1990. 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. He says he will to 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. He also became embroiled in a
series of financial and sex
scandals. Since leaving office, he has
been fighting various court
cases. 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. Source www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20857664?

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