The late Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire and former four-time Italian prime minister who once described himself as the “Jesus Christ of politics,” is the subject of ESPN Films’ latest “30 for 30″ installment “Berlusconi: Condemned to Win.”
It might seem odd that a man who was not only at the center of numerous criminal investigations involving embezzlement, tax fraud, and bribery, but also claimed that elections he lost were actually stolen from him, is the subject of a three-part sports docuseries. However, it turns out that Berlusconi’s involvement in sports created the pathway to his political power.
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