Milan , Italy ( CNN ) -- The judge in Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 's trial on charges of sex with a minor rejected all defense motions Monday and scheduled the next hearing for October 3 . Judge Giulia Turri dismissed defense motions one by one in a hearing attended by neither Berlusconi nor the woman at the center of the accusations , dancer Karima el Mahroug -- nicknamed `` Ruby the Heart-stealer . '' Berlusconi 's attorney , Niccolo Ghedini , slammed Turri . `` It is shameful . It is a ruling without any logic , '' he complained to reporters after the proceedings . `` It is not possible to hold a fair trial here . The judge rejected all of 16 objections . How is this possible ? '' Berlusconi also faced a second hearing Monday in another case involving accusations of corruption . It was the first time he has had hearings in both cases on the same day . He 's drawn the most international attention for the headline-grabbing allegations that he paid for sex with the dancer , and then tried to pull strings to get her out of jail when she was arrested for theft . It 's illegal to pay for sex with a minor in Italy . Both the prime minister and the dancer admit he gave her money , but deny it was for sex . Separately , he is also fighting charges of bribing British lawyer David Mills to secure favorable testimony in legal cases . Mills denied receiving bribes and his conviction in the case was overturned last year . Mills is the ex-husband of former British government minister Tessa Jowell . The Mills case has been in and out of court for years . Berlusconi at one point passed a law shielding top government officials from prosecution while they 're in office , and then saw it struck down by judges . Berlusconi denies all charges . The court adjourned the Mills case until September 19 . Berlusconi did not appear at the Ruby trial on Monday . Ghedini said the prime minister `` had other institutional commitments . '' Berlusconi 's political fortunes have been mixed in the face of the trials . His ruling coalition suffered a major defeat in local elections in Milan and Naples at the end of May , with voters backing left-wing candidates in both cities . Milan 's turn to the left is a powerful setback for Berlusconi . Milan is his hometown and his political stronghold , and it has been led by a center-right mayor for the past two decades . But less than a month later , Italian lawmakers approved a vote of confidence for his economic reform package . Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament approved the package in a 317-293 vote on June 21 . The measure -- which aims to boost growth in Italy , particularly in the southern regions -- was n't a vote of confidence on the Berlusconi government but only on the reform package itself . But the vote showed that Berlusconi has a stronger majority in the lower house than his critics thought . CNN 's Hada Messia and Diana Magnay contributed to this report .
NEW : Italian PM Berlusconi 's attorney calls the judge 's actions `` shameful '' NEW : The court adjourned the corruption case until September 19 . He is fighting allegations he paid for sex with a minor and abused power when she was arrested . Score: 6