The estranged wife of Premier Silvio Berlusconi says in a book published Wednesday that it was her husband's alleged lies that pushed her to file for divorce at the outset of the sex scandal involving the Italian conservative leader. In the book, Veronica Lario recalls how in April she made the decision after her husband failed to mention he would attend the birthday party of an 18-year-old model in Naples. “Tendenza Veronica,” (Veronica's Trend), is a revised edition of a book first published in 2004 by journalist Maria Latella. In the new edition, she quotes Lario as saying that the Naples incident was only the latest problem in her relationship with her husband. “It was the latest lie. Better then to try to seek a last way to respect myself, better to divorce,” the 53-year-old Lario said. “He put me in this situation.” “I cannot be his baby sitter and I cannot stop him any more from making himself ridiculous in front of the world,” she said. “I'm done.” Lario's lawyer was not available for comment.
