London, Sept 26 (ANI): Months after claiming that she was paid to sleep with Silvio Berlusconi, Bari prostitute Patrizia D’Addario made her first appearance on national television in Italy.

The interview, which D’Addario gave to Spanish daily El Pais in July, was broadcast in Italy by the Left-leaning talkshow AnnoZero, on state television RAI.

In the clip, D’Addario repeated allegations that she had been offered a European candidacy after sleeping with the Italian premiere at his private mansion in Rome, reports The Times.

Meanwhile, Giampaolo Tarantini, the businessman who claims to have supplied Berlusconi with a stream of women for parties, has been arrested at Bari airport in southern Italy.

Antonio Laudati, the chief prosecutor in Bari, said Tarantini had been arrested at Bari airport for “dealing in drugs” and in case he tried to flee the country.

Tarantini was under investigation for allegedly “abetting prostitution” by paying Italian and foreign women to go to Berlusconi’s villas.

In May, Berlusconi’s estranged wife, Veronica Lario, had announced that she wanted a divorce from the premier after accusing him of being “not well” and obsessed with young women.

She was apparently furious over his attendance at the 18th birthday party of an aspiring lingerie model, Noemi Letizia. (ANI)