Former Italian PM hits out at 'feminist and communist judges'

Silvio Berlusconi's ex-wife filed for divorce after 'bunga-bunga' party rumours Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, has called Milan judges "feminist and communist" for  imposing a €200,000-a-day divorce settlement against him. The settlement was handed down by a three-judge panel three years after Berlusconi's estranged wife Veronica Lario filed for divorce.
"These are three women judges, feminists and communists, OK? These are the Milan judges who have persecuted me since 1994” Berlusconi told an Italian TV station.
Berlusconi said he would appeal but was hopeful the issue could be resolved directly with Lario with whom he said he had an "utterly respectful relationship".
Lario filed for divorce in 2009 as rumours of Berlusconi's "bunga-bunga" party nights at his Milan villa were starting to spread further.
Berlusconi and Lario met in 1980, when she was working as a theatre actress. They married 10 years later. It was Berlusconi's second marriage and the couple have three children - Barbara, 28, Eleonora, 26, and Luigi, 24.
The former prime pinister also hit out at judges in Milan over two other trials that see him accused of tax fraud, underage prostitution and bribery.
Berlusconi was sentenced to four years in jail for tax fraud in October over fiscal irregularities made by his media company.
He said there was "no chance" the sentence would be upheld by the appeal court and therefore he "doesn't lose time" considering whether to quit politics because of it.