Chiara Danese, considered a key witness in the so-called Ruby Ter case in which former three-time premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi is on trial with 28 other defendants for alleged witness tampering, testified in tears on Monday that she suffered "psychological and physical violence" at one of Berlusconi's so-called 'bunga bunga' parties in 2010.
Danese confirmed her previous testimony from years ago in a previous trial, one of many stemming from the case of an alleged underage prostitute nicknamed Ruby.
Danese also said that she had been "threatened by people who knew what happened (at the bunga bunga parties), I was really scared, I received them from people who are part of this trial, they told me 'be careful, watch your back'".
In her testimony, Danese spoke of being threatened by a former aide to impresario Lele Mora.
Mora, former Berlusconi anchorman Emilio Fede abd the ex-premier's former dental technician and ex-Lombardy regional councillor Nicole Minetti have all been convicted of pimping for media magnate turned politician.
Berlusconi was first convicted and then acquitted of paying for sex with teen Moroccan runaway and prostitute Ruby the Hearstealer, whose real name was Kharim El Mahroug.
Berlusconi, who once got parliament to vote that she was the niece of former Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, was eventually cleared of paying her for sex because a court found he did not know her age, 17 at the time.
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