Berlusconi’s reprehensible proposal: he promised a “bus” of prostitutes to motivate Monza players

Silvio Berlusconipresident of Monza, has promised his players to bring a “bus” of prostitutes “to the changing rooms”, according to a video widely circulated this Wednesday by the Italian media.

The former Italian prime minister and current Forza Italia president, 86, made these statements at Christmas lunch of the club organized on Tuesday evening, according to the Italian news agency Ansa.

Microphone in hand, Berlusconi celebrated having chosen a new coach in September who is “good, nice, polite and capable of motivating our players”.

“I added one more reason, because I told the players: now Juventus, Milan, etc. are coming, and if they win against one of these great teams, I take a bus of whores to the locker room“, he said to the laughter of those present.

La Gazzetta dello Sport regretted this comment “bad lucky”. La Repubblica stressed that this excerpt was not published on Berlusconi’s Twitter account, where he posted videos of that evening with the players, club leaders and sponsors.

These statements have aroused many reactions in the country. “We asked the Prime Minister (of the Ministers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, the first female Prime Minister, what do you think of these shameful words“by Berlusconi, asked to the Chamber by Emma Pavanelli, of the Five Star Movement.

Laura Boldrini, former president of the Chamber of Deputies, denounced these “undignified words, even more disgusting for having been pronounced by a senator of the Republic and a party leader” on Twitter.

“This is no longer acceptable, the ‘okay, it’s just a joke…'”, Mari Casalucci, a member of the trans/feminist movement ‘Non Una Di Meno’, reacted to AFP. “What Berlusconi said is a violent sentence, unacceptable and an act of reparation should be made,” he added.

Contacted by the AFP agency, Monza confirmed that a delegation of players attended that dinner but did not comment on the controversial statements of its president.

Berlusconi is still linked in Italy, but also abroad, to ‘Rubygate’, a case of flibertine parties, organized by the former prime minister, with young girls, sometimes minors. The entrepreneur was also acquitted of child prostitution charges, but in this case he remains accused of tampering with witnesses.

Monza, bought in 2018 by the former president of Milan, is playing the first season of its history in Serie A. The Lombard team is currently 14th, after a difficult start and the change of coach in September.