Amanda Abbington has spoken out about Giovanni Pernice 's behaviour during their intimate Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals in an explosive BBC interview, for the first time the results of the bullying probe were reported. She made it clear she has "no regrets" about her complaints towards Giovanni, despite it being "one of the worst years of her life". The 50 year old actress dropped a revelation on Newsnight , talking candidly about how she struggled with Giovanni's teaching style.
Challenged by Victoria Derbyshire on the issue, a visibly upset Amanda revealed, with a trembling voice: “Um, yeah. It was one of the allegations that was upheld. “There were two allegations," before hesitating and glancing at her 30-page investigation document.
After apologising, the actress added: “There were two allegations of inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature. They were upheld and one of them was physical and one was verbal.” Visibly shaken, Amanda shared that the other infraction was verbal and emphasised: “They weren't isolated one-off incidents.
They were over a period of seven weeks.” The fresh scandal follows the BBC 's confirmation that six of her initial 17 allegations against the Italian pro were substantiated by their in-house probe. Victoria cited Giovanni's prior response to the controversy during the programme, reading aloud: “We are unable to comment any further and the BBC has asked both parties to respect confidentiality.
Giovanni has consistently refuted al.
