Amanda Abbington opens up new front in Strictly war by claiming Giovanni Pernice made a shocking sexual gesture during rehearsals as she says she is considering taking further action against the BBC By Katie Hind and Sean O'grady For Mailonline Published: 02:37 BST, 3 October 2024 | Updated: 03:08 BST, 3 October 2024 e-mail 21 shares View comments Amanda Abbington has claimed Giovanni Pernice made a shocking sexual gesture at her after she got a dance move right during rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing. The actress, 52, said she is considering further action against the BBC after the Corporation apologised to her following her complaints over Mr Pernice, 34. In an interview with Victoria Derbyshire on Newsnight on Wednesday, Ms Abbington described her experience in the rehearsal room with Mr Pernice, where she said she 'lost all sense of reality'.
She said: 'There were two allegations of inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature and they were upheld. One of them was physical and the other was verbal. 'The physical one was when I got a dance step right he would outline his erection in his trousers and told me that my dance move had made that happen.
Amanda Abbington has claimed Giovanni Pernice made a shocking sexual gesture at her after she got a dance move right during rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing The actress, 52, said she is considering further action against the BBC after the Corporation apologised to her following her complaints over Mr Pernice, 34 'The other se.