What happened to the fraud and corruption verdicts against Silvio Berlusconi after his first term?

Following his first term as prime minister, which ended in early 1995, Silvio Berlusconi faced various legal challenges. While he was initially convicted of fraud and corruption, those specific verdicts were eventually overturned.1

It is important to note that these early legal outcomes were distinct from his later experiences with the Italian justice system. In subsequent years, Berlusconi was the subject of numerous other investigations and trials. For instance, in 2013, Italy’s highest court upheld a conviction against him for tax fraud related to his Mediaset television network, marking his first actual conviction after more than a dozen attempted prosecutions.2