Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi made a rare court appearance to deny some of the more salacious accusations at the centre of a sex scandal that has muddied his reputation.

Strippers in nun costumes danced in front of Silvio Berlusconi at his villa, a witness told a Milan court where the former Italian prime minister is on trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute.

Female guests at Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” parties dressed up like nuns in the Sister Act musical, then stripped to their underwear, according to the testimony of a model at his trial.