Italian Former PM Berlusconi, Former Prostitute Being Investigated for Witness Tampering

Berlusconi was convicted of having sex with the underage prostitute last year

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for tampering with witnesses in a trial that saw him sentenced to jail for having sex with an underage prostitute, a court said today. 

Berlusconi, his lawyers and several young women including the ex-prostitute nicknamed "Ruby the Heart Stealer", are being investigated in the wake of the July verdict, which the media magnate has appealed.