Intimate details of the alleged sex scandalinvolving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a Moroccan teen dancer are beginning to find their way into the international press.
Newly released is a list of 24 uber-extravagant presents -- to the tune of a cool $322,648 -- that the Italian premier is said to have given to Karima El-Mahroug, better known as "Ruby the Heartbreaker" and believed to be just 17 years old at the time of the alleged affair.
As the Telegraph is reporting, among the spectacular goodies are two Rolex watches, a pair of Versace heels, a diamond necklace worth $20,495 and a red fox fur stole worth $24,594. In addition to the glamorous cache, Berlusconi is said to have promised Ruby a sporty Audi R8, but ultimately never delivered.
Check out just some of the many gifts Berlusconi is alleged to have given Ruby below:
Ruby is said to have received two Rolex watches, one of which was worth $68,306.
Though Berlusconi had already given her two Rolexes, Ruby allegedly claims she was also given a Dolce & Gabbana Swarovski crystal designer watch "because I told him that I didn't like the Rolex watches."
Ruby also allegedly picked a $20,495 diamond necklace made by Recarlo, a Valenza-based design jeweller which provided rings that Berlusconi gave to 24 women MPs and 13 Senators at Christmas.
For Valentine's Day, Berlusconi allegedly gave Ruby a Valentino dress encrusted with Swarovski pearls in honor of their first meeting.
Versace designer heels are just one of the gifts listed
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One of the Tiffany diamond bracelets bought by Berlusconi was even allegedly engraved with the initials of her nickname, R.R. for Ruby Rubacuori, or "Ruby the Heartbreaker."
Though Ruby had allegedly been promised an Audi R8, it was never delivered.
According to the Telegraph, Ruby visited a Helen Yarmak store to determine how much a red fox fur stole the Italian premier had given her was worth. "I knew after taking myself to the store in Via Torino that it cost [$24,594]," she told prosecutors.
Ruby says Berlusconi also gave her an expensive "brooch" which was bought on Via Montenapoleone, Milan's premier shopping street. "In fact he told me I should not have a very low neckline, so the brooch helps to cover me up," she told the Telegraph.
- Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room mansion
- His wives take it in turns to share his bed
- It takes 30 whole chickens just to make dinner
He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives.
Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.
The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng
Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after.
'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.'
The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals.
One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice.
Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants.
Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India
He even married ten women in one year, when he was at his most prolific, and enjoys his own double bed while his wives have to make do with communal dormitories.
He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away - and there is a rotation system for who visits Mr Chana's bedroom.
Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village.
She says Mr Chana noticed her on a morning walk in the village 18 years ago and wrote her a letter asking for her hand in marriage.
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
Another of his wives, Huntharnghanki, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect'
And Mr Chana, whose religious sect has 4,00 members, says he has not stopped looking for new wives.
'To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,' he said.
One of his sons insisted that Mr Chana, whose grandfather also had many wives, marries the poor women from the village so he can look after them.
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