One of the girls at Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties danced while dressed up as Barack Obama, it has been revealed.
Moroccan dancer Karima El Mahroug claimed that the ex-Italian PM plied women with cash and gifts at parties in his home near Milan in 2010, the Mirror reported.
She said that the girls dressed in costumes and approached him in a sensual way as they danced.
She was speaking at the trial of Berlusconi's three aides Emilio Fede, Dario Mora and Nicole Minetti, who are accused of recruiting women for prostitution - which they deny.
El Mahroug also claimed Minetti dressed as a nun at one party and eventually stripped to just her lingerie.
Berlusconi is separately accused of paying for sex with El Mahroug when she was a minor of 17, which they deny.
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