Patrizia D'Addario, the now infamous escort of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, will be the guest of honor at an "I Love Silvio" party on Friday night in Paris. It will be D'Addario's first public appearance since the scandal exploded in the Italian press last month.
She has been mostly out of sight since the secret recordings she made became public. She says that they are snippets of intimate conversations with Mr. Berlusconi both on the phone and at his private residence in Rome she made without his knowledge.
With more than a hint of sarcasm, the Friday night bash will have a 1960's Italian film theme. The location is the Globo discothèque, a well known club that used to be frequented by the bohemian crowd in Paris.
Jean-Eudes Bernard, a spokesman for the club, told ABC News that each guest will receive a Berlusconi mask. The bar staff will be attired in AC Milan soccer jerseys, the Italian team that Berlusconi owns. Campari and other Italian drinks will be on hand as the revelers dance to Italian music. Berlusconi's early profession as a young man was a singer on cruise ships.
It is not clear whether D'Addario will have any sort of presentation during the event. The fliers being distributed by Globo promote the evening as "The Year of the Divorce," a reference to the scandal ridden months that the prime minister has had since his wife asked for a divorce after telling the Italian public that her husband was "not well."
D'Addario, in a recent interview with a French newspaper, complained of financial difficulties, and that she would attend these themed parties in France, Spain and Italy. She says she intends to write a book about her fling with the Prime Minister.
