Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi today publicly denied ever paying women for sex, as he continues to struggle with a growing scandal over his links to young models and starlets.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday said photos in a Spanish newspaper of topless women sunbathing at his seaside villa were an invasion of privacy and his lawyer said he would take legal action.

Embattled Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi today promised he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a scandal that has gripped the country for weeks.

THE ex-boyfriend of an 18-year-old woman at the heart of a scandal involving Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has apologised for having fuelled speculation about a presumed relationship between the two.

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing demands to explain his relationship with a teenage girl, denied yesterday he had had a “steamy affair” and said he would have to resign if caught lying about it.

SILVIO BERLUSCONI has lashed out against an Italian newspaper who demanded the premier explain the nature of his relationship with an 18-year-old.

Silvio Berlusconi has lashed out against an Italian newspaper demanding that the premier explain the nature of his relationship with an 18-year-old.

A VERY public divorce and allegations of being an aspiring teenage model’s “Papi” have put a dent in Silvio Berlusconi’s popularity ratings, says a new poll.

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi demanded an apology yesterday from his wife for her public complaints over his roving eye and said their stormy marriage was heading for divorce.