Overview
- The case proceeds by direct summons, with the trial scheduled to open Friday, 19 September, at the Tribunale di Milano.
- Prosecutors allege that Marco Campanelli siphoned funds while managing roughly €10 million of the brothers’ spending through the service company M&C Service srl.
- Forensic consultant Maurizio Bedarida analyzed about 50,000 computer files and invoices, including a 2015 boat lease cited as carrying a €200,000 markup.
- The alleged victims are entrepreneurs Silvio Andrea and Paolo Enrico Beretta, nephews of Silvio Berlusconi and sons of the late Maria Antonietta.
- The defense says the complaint followed a 2021 payment order for about €200,000 and points to a disputed 2016 private agreement seeking €1.2 million for villa works.