Silvio Berlusconi
It's been a rough month for Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. First, a member of the Italian mafia publicly outs him, on allegedly having made corrupt deals and agreements with them, before he went into office.
Then, this past weekend, a mentally ill man attacked him at a rally, hitting him in the face with a blunt object, breaking his nose, taking out two of his teeth and causing profuse bleeding. His attacker has since apologized.
Prior to these incidents, women came out with stories of him having adulterous affairs and patronizing prostitutes. It initiated a firestorm of controversy in the press, which led to a lawsuit.
Attacker Breaks Berlusconi's Nose
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was rushed to the hospital Sunday evening with a fractured nose and bloodied lip after a man threw a statuette at the premier's face from close range at the end of a political rally.
Mr. Berlusconi had been shaking hands with supporters in a dense crowd when a man wielding a statuette broke through the crush of people and assaulted the premier. Mr. Berlusconi's bodyguards hustled the premier into the back of a car while police detained the attacker, identified as 42-year-old Massimo Tartaglia. Police said Mr. Tartaglia didn't have a criminal record...
