Post by Bonobo on Feb 22, 2011 23:02:24 GMT 1
Moral standards are so different in US and Europe. American politicians have to resign under public pressure (Clinton is an exception) when their sex scandals are revealed. Recent example:
Washington (CNN) - Republican Rep. Christopher Lee of New York resigned his House seat Wednesday following a report that the married congressman had tried to meet a woman on Craigslist.
In Europe the public opinion is much more tolerant. Politicians have lovers and affairs, even with under-age persons, and they still remain in office. Example: Italian PM Berlusconi:
Berlusconi's 'Bunga-Bunga' Sex Parties
What a wild, debauched life Silvio Berlusconi leads. The latest sex scandal embroiling the Italian Prime Minister comes courtesy of a 17-year-old Moroccan belly dancer, who claims Berlusconi had given her €7,000 (about $1,300) and jewelry when she sat next to him at a Valentine's Day dinner held this year for 10 women at his mansion near Milan. The belly dancer, Karima Keyek, is better known by her stage name of Ruby Rubacuori, or “Stealer of Hearts,” and denies sleeping with the frisky politician. “It’s the first time in my life that a man has not tried to take me to bed,” said Keyek. “He behaved like a father, I swear.” Keyek did, however, claim that the 74-year-old politician hosts lavish parties that soon transform into “bunga-bunga” sex sessions between male and female guests. Just last year, Berlusconi’s second wife, Veronica Lario, accused him of “frequenting minors” and left him after he was caught attending the 18th birthday party of aspiring model Noemi Letizia. Berlusconi denied the claim, alleging he was an old friend of Letizia’s family.
What do you think? Do you prefer American or European attitude?
Poland also hosts scandals, probably not so infamous as Italian ones.
Blackmail affair: Senator’s sex case in court
22.02.2011 13:14
The first witnesses in the blackmail affair involving senator Krzysztof Piesiewicz – also an acclaimed screenwriter – were heard in a Warsaw court Tuesday morning.
The entire process is being conducted behind closed doors, with testimonies from the case cited as classified.
In December 2009, Piesiewicz (pictured right), chiefly known in the West for his long-running artistic collaboration with film director Krzysztof Kieslowski, was featured in tabloid Super Express in a compromising video that showed the senator attired in a dress, snorting a white powder in the company of prostitutes.
Piesiewicz denied that he was taking illegal drugs in the film, but confessed to having met with the women on several occasions.
The senator claimed that in an attempt to keep the matter private, he had paid the women on two occasions. However, when they demanded further money - allegedly to the sum of 500,000 zloty (125,000 euro) - he refused. The video was subsequently leaked to the press.
Ten witnesses were summoned for today’s hearing. Mr Piesiewicz was not present, and he is not obliged to appear in court. His lawyer, Czeslaw Jaworski expressed that his client had already provided testimonies for the case, and that he is ill today.
According to the court, relations from the process are being kept classified as they “violate the important concern of privacy.”
Piesiewicz, a former lawyer, rose to prominence in the early eighties defending Solidarity activists. He resigned his membership of the Civic Platform in the wake of the revelations, but continued his work as a senator.
Some time ago I put the video of the Senator inhaling white stuff but all those clips have been removed from youtube. Pity!
Washington (CNN) - Republican Rep. Christopher Lee of New York resigned his House seat Wednesday following a report that the married congressman had tried to meet a woman on Craigslist.
In Europe the public opinion is much more tolerant. Politicians have lovers and affairs, even with under-age persons, and they still remain in office. Example: Italian PM Berlusconi:
Berlusconi's 'Bunga-Bunga' Sex Parties
What a wild, debauched life Silvio Berlusconi leads. The latest sex scandal embroiling the Italian Prime Minister comes courtesy of a 17-year-old Moroccan belly dancer, who claims Berlusconi had given her €7,000 (about $1,300) and jewelry when she sat next to him at a Valentine's Day dinner held this year for 10 women at his mansion near Milan. The belly dancer, Karima Keyek, is better known by her stage name of Ruby Rubacuori, or “Stealer of Hearts,” and denies sleeping with the frisky politician. “It’s the first time in my life that a man has not tried to take me to bed,” said Keyek. “He behaved like a father, I swear.” Keyek did, however, claim that the 74-year-old politician hosts lavish parties that soon transform into “bunga-bunga” sex sessions between male and female guests. Just last year, Berlusconi’s second wife, Veronica Lario, accused him of “frequenting minors” and left him after he was caught attending the 18th birthday party of aspiring model Noemi Letizia. Berlusconi denied the claim, alleging he was an old friend of Letizia’s family.
What do you think? Do you prefer American or European attitude?
Poland also hosts scandals, probably not so infamous as Italian ones.
Blackmail affair: Senator’s sex case in court
22.02.2011 13:14
The first witnesses in the blackmail affair involving senator Krzysztof Piesiewicz – also an acclaimed screenwriter – were heard in a Warsaw court Tuesday morning.
The entire process is being conducted behind closed doors, with testimonies from the case cited as classified.
In December 2009, Piesiewicz (pictured right), chiefly known in the West for his long-running artistic collaboration with film director Krzysztof Kieslowski, was featured in tabloid Super Express in a compromising video that showed the senator attired in a dress, snorting a white powder in the company of prostitutes.
Piesiewicz denied that he was taking illegal drugs in the film, but confessed to having met with the women on several occasions.
The senator claimed that in an attempt to keep the matter private, he had paid the women on two occasions. However, when they demanded further money - allegedly to the sum of 500,000 zloty (125,000 euro) - he refused. The video was subsequently leaked to the press.
Ten witnesses were summoned for today’s hearing. Mr Piesiewicz was not present, and he is not obliged to appear in court. His lawyer, Czeslaw Jaworski expressed that his client had already provided testimonies for the case, and that he is ill today.
According to the court, relations from the process are being kept classified as they “violate the important concern of privacy.”
Piesiewicz, a former lawyer, rose to prominence in the early eighties defending Solidarity activists. He resigned his membership of the Civic Platform in the wake of the revelations, but continued his work as a senator.
Some time ago I put the video of the Senator inhaling white stuff but all those clips have been removed from youtube. Pity!