{"id":6581,"date":"2016-03-18T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/mediaset-ceo-pier-silvio-berlusconi-sentenced-to-jail-time\/"},"modified":"2016-03-18T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:54:00","slug":"mediaset-ceo-pier-silvio-berlusconi-sentenced-to-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/03\/18\/mediaset-ceo-pier-silvio-berlusconi-sentenced-to-jail-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediaset CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi Sentenced to Jail Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
MILAN: A Milan court has sentenced Pier Silvio Berlusconi, chief executive of Mediaset, and Fedele Confalonieri, the company’s chairman, to one year and two months in jail on tax charges.<\/p>\n
The ruling overturns a previous acquittal in the tax-evasion case. Berlusconi, who is the son of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; Confalonieri and other Mediaset executives were originally accused of evading taxes for the fiscal year 2007. In July 2014 they were acquitted by a tribunal court in Milan. The sentence has now been overturned by an appeals court, though the other Mediaset execs are not being charged.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Mediaset expressed “disbelief” for the verdict. It denies any wrongdoing and says it “has confidence” that Italy’s high court will rule in its favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MILAN: A Milan court has sentenced Pier Silvio Berlusconi, chief executive of Mediaset, and Fedele Confalonieri, the company’s chairman, to one year and two months in jail on tax charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[337,338],"class_list":["post-6581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-mediaset","tag-pier-silvio-berlusconi"],"yoast_head":"\n