意大利檢察官尋求儘快審判貝盧斯科尼

Italian prosecutors have requested that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be put on trial immediately for allegedly paying an underage prostitute for sex and using his power to cover it up.

A judge must now decide whether to accept the request, filed Wednesday in a Milan court.

Prosecutors allege the 74-year-old Mr. Berlusconi paid for sex with a series of young women, including a Moroccan nightclub dancer known as Ruby who is at the center of the probe against the prime minister. Prosecutors say the young woman, whose real name is Karima El Mahroug, was 17 years old at the time she visited his home.

Mr. Berlusconi criticized the prosecutors' efforts to speed up the trial, saying they have a "subversive" aim to remove him from power. He has said he will not resign due to the allegations.

意大利檢察官要求貝盧斯科尼總理立即就有關他付錢與未成年妓女發生性關係以及濫用職權掩蓋此事的指稱接受審判。

法官現在必須決定是否接受米蘭一個法庭星期三提出這一要求。

檢察官指稱，現年74歲的貝盧斯科尼付錢與一系列年輕女子發生性關係，其中包括一名叫做紅寶石的摩洛哥夜總會的舞女。她是對貝盧斯科尼總理展開調查的中心人物。檢察官說，這位真名爲卡里瑪.馬赫盧格的年輕女子去貝盧斯科尼家時只有17歲。

貝盧斯科尼譴責檢察官加快審判的努力，並說，他們抱着把他趕下臺的“顛覆性”目的。他已經表示無意因爲這些指稱而辭職。