Ruby Heartbreaker: The Teen Temptress Behind Italy's Big Scandal
PM Silvio Berlusconi denies accusations he paid for sex with underage girl.
Feb. 16, 2011— -- When Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears in court this spring to defend himself against charges that he paid to have sex with a minor, the prosecution's star witness will be an 18-year-old Moroccan girl with a tantalizing monicker -- Ruby the Heartbreaker.
Ruby may also be a career breaker.
Berlusconi, who at 74 is one of Italy's richest men and certainly one of the most flamboyant, is trying to live up to his nickname of Il Cavalieri.
"I am not worried in the least," the prime minister said today.
Ruby doesn't seem too worried either and appears to be basking in the spotlight. According to Britain's Daily Mail, she is planning to pen a book about her relationship with the prime minister.
What is known of her story so far includes being a runaway who danced in nightclubs before she emerged at the center of Italy's biggest scandal in a generation. The story is studded with stories of being a relative to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, an arrest for theft, and lavish "bunga bunga" parties with a naked prime minister.
Karima el-Mahroug, also known as Karima Keyek, but best known as Ruby the Heartbreaker, is now 18.
