Heartstealer

This week, Italian papers published wiretapped phone conversations connected to allegations that the 74-year-old paid for sex with multiple young women, including Karima El Mahroug, a teenage nightclub dancer nicknamed "Ruby Heartstealer."

Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist governor, becomes the unlikely rival to Italy's Berlusconi Jason Horowitz 2011

February 2011Indicted by a Milan court on charges he paid an underage girl, Ruby Heartstealer, for sex, and used his position to try to cover up the subsequent disclosure.

Silvio Berlusconi: the rise and fall 2011

The latest case is unrelated to the so-called "Ruby affair" in which Berlusconi is on trial in Milan accused of paying for sex with teenaged nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, known as "Ruby Heartstealer," when she was a minor.

Arrests made over alleged Berlusconi extortion Reuters 2011

With Ruby Rubacuore Ruby Heartstealer, whose real name is Karima el-Mahroug, at the centre of the scandal plaguing Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, her scheduled appearance at Austria's ball of balls was a sensation most of the guests present would have been happy to do without.

Girl linked to Silvio Berlusconi shakes up Austrian high society ball 2011

In recent years, it was the sex scandals that most dominated the headlines, as reports emerged from judicial investigations of tawdry parties at the prime minister's private homes involving scores of young women and even a prostitute who went by the stage name Ruby Heartstealer.

NYT > Home Page By RACHEL DONADIO 2011

In Berlusconi's most sensational trial, the 75-year-old is accused of paying for sex with a Moroccan teen - known by her nickname Ruby Rubacuore, "Ruby the Heartstealer" - and using his influence to cover it up.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

"Ruby The Heartstealer," the Moroccan illegal belly-dancing minor, was the last-known in the lengthy chain of Berlusconi's sweethearts.

Boing Boing Jasmina Tešanovic 2011

FOR the daughter of a penniless immigrant, Karima el-Mahroug otherwise known as "Ruby the Heartstealer" has had quite an impact on her adoptive land.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2011

Prosecutors maintain that the prime minister, who denies any wrongdoing, paid Mahroug, who adopted the nickname "Ruby Heartstealer", for sexual services while she was still 17.

The Guardian World News John Hooper 2011

Prosecutors claim the prime minister paid Mahroug, also known as Ruby Rubacuori or "Ruby the Heartstealer", for sexual services while she was still only 17.

The Guardian World News 2011