Karima El Mahroug

Karima El Mahroug   (Model, Witness)
Born	November 11, 1992 Fquih Ben Salah, Morocco
Nationality	Moroccan, Italian
Interests	• Silvio Berlusconi • Bunga Bunga
Moroccan dancer and escort who witnessed Berlusconi's Bunga-Bunga parties.

Karima El Mahroug, known as Ruby Rubacuori worked as a cabaret dancer and is known in the context of the Rubygate scandal, in which the Italian President of the Council Silvio Berlusconi was accused of having sexual relations with her when she was seventeen years old. Silvio Berlusconi was then charged with abuse of power and corruption of minors.

Background

El Mahroug, the daughter of Moroccan migrants, came to Italy as a teenager, growing up in Messina, where it is said she acquired her nickname of "thief of hearts". She has been in and out of care since running away from home at - reports say - either 12 or 14 years old. When she left home, she worked as a chambermaid, belly dancer and beautician.

In March 2011 she was a guest at the Vienna Opera Ball alongside Austrian socialite Richard Lugner.

Rubygate

She was accused of stealing 4,000 € from her roommate for which she was arrested in Milan in May 2010. She was released following a call from Silvio Berlusconi, who told the Milanese police that she was the granddaughter of Hosni Mubarak.

When questioned during the Rubygate investigation about this surprising intercession, Berlusconi stated that he had acted without personal motivation, simply to help people in desperate situations. However, leaks from the investigation seem to indicate that Ruby not only accepted money and jewelry from the Italian president of the Council, but also participated in at least three parties that ended in sex games or "bunga bunga".

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