I'm in love with Silvio Berlusconi, says his bunga bunga girl

Besotted: actress Sabina Began

THE identity of the "bunga bunga" girl at the centre of the sex scandal surrounding Silvio Berlusconi was revealed today.

German actress Sabina Began said she was "the guilty one" and admitted organising sex parties for the Italian prime minister.

The 36-year-old, also known as "Queen Bee" in Mr Berlusconi's inner circle, described him as a "lonely man", adding that she only wanted to see the 74-year-old prime minister enjoy himself.

She said: "I am the guilty one. I organised these celebrations. He is a very good but a very lonely man. Bunga, bunga is simply my nickname. Everyone thinks: 'My God! What does that mean?' Bunga bunga simply became an agreed-upon password."

She also admitted being in love with him. "He is a marvellous man and I feel true love for him," said Ms Began, who has Mr Berlusconi's initials tattooed on her right foot. "I must honestly say he is the best man to have passed through my life."

She said the fact that Mr Berlusconi spends his time with other women does not bother her but warned that he must "decide who is presently his favourite". She added: "But I feel, in any case, genuine love for him."

Ms Began left Germany as a young woman before working in Italian showbusiness for a decade. She said after meeting Mr Berlusconi he gave her a role in the television drama An Almost Perfect Father made by one of his media companies in 2003.

The public prosecutor's office began to take an interest in her in 2009 on suspicion that she supplied the call girls for Mr Berlusconi's parties. But the inquiry petered out because they could not determine that she had actively promoted prostitution.

Mr Berlusconi denies any wrongdoing, accusing politically motivated prosecutors of trying to oust him from power.

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