An Italian judge has ruled that former PM Silvio Berlusconi should stand trial over alleged fraud concerning his family's media company Mediaset.
He is one of 14 people sent for trial by Judge Fabio Paparella in the northern city of Milan.
It follows an investigation into claims of embezzlement, false accounting, tax fraud and money laundering in TV rights deals between 1994 and 1999.
The trial is set to begin in November. Mr Berlusconi denies any wrongdoing.
This isn't the first time he's faced a court battle:
Berlusconi, a flamboyant showman who defied national opinion and backed U.S. President George W. Bush's war in Iraq, could face up to six years in jail for tax fraud if convicted.
But the permatanned 69-year-old has managed to avoid jail in at least seven previous graft trials. He was found guilty four times, but verdicts were overturned on appeal or the statute of limitations applied and charges were dropped.
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He is definitely Italy's Teflon Man.
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