Former Italian PM Berlusconi leaves 100m Euro to 33-year-old girlfriend in his will

Milan: The three-time Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi who died last month has left behind in his will 100 million Euros to his girl friend Marta Fascina.

The 33-year-old Fascina, whom he called his ‘wife’ on his deathbed, started a relationship with the former Prime Minister in 2020.

Berlusconi’s business empire is estimated to be worth more than 6 million Euros, according to the Guardian.

Berlusconi was not legally married to Fascina, who has been a member of the Italian Parliament's lower chamber since the 2018 general election.

She is a member of the party Forza Italia started by Berlusconi in 1994 at the time of his entry in politics.

Berlusconi has passed on the controls of his business empire to his two eldest children Marina and Pier Silvio with 53 percent stake in the Fininvest family holdings.

His brother Paolo will get 100m Euros and the former PM has given 30m Euros to Marcello Dell'Utri, a former senator with his Forza Italia party.

Berlusconi, died at the age of 86 on June 12 after diagnosed with leukemia, dominated Italian public life as a billionaire media mogul, businessman, and prime minister.

He was undergoing treatment at a Milan hospital at the time of death. His will was read out to his five children and other witnesses on Tuesday.

‘I leave the available stock in equal parts to my children Marina and Pier Silvio. I leave all the rest in equal parts to my five children Marina, Pier Silvio, Barbara, Eleonora and Luigi’' he wrote in the will.

Berlusconi, longest serving prime minister of Italy, was banned from politics for six years following a conviction for tax fraud.

The towering leader, who once compared himself to Jesus, was still active after being diagnosed with leukemia.

He faced legal actions over his notorious ‘Bunga Bunga’ sex parties in which young girls including underage escorts allegedly participated.