Giovanni Pernice partnered Laura Whitmore in 2016 on Strictly (Image: GETTY) Giovanni Pernice stands accused of "inappropriate" behaviour during rehearsals by Amanda Abbington , but he is convinced footage he "secretly recorded" - including audio of her apologising for being a "nightmare" - will exonerate him. However, now Laura Whitmore - who partnered him on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016 just weeks after his romance with his 2015 partner Georgia May Foote ended - has come forward with her own comment. She has clarified that she "raised concerns" about him at the time and has not made an official complaint, but is helping with enquiries.
The former Love Island host and model took to Instagram this afternoon to reveal she had been "trying not to comment on recent press speculation until the BBC review is complete". However, after becoming alarmed and fearing "misinformation", she decided she wanted "to help and show support by setting the record straight". "I was asked to speak to the BBC along with six people that I know of (who deserve anonymity as they don't want to be dragged through the press), about inappropriate behaviour they experienced similar to mine with the same individual," she wrote, adding that she "initially raised concerns back in 2016".
She stated: "I thought my experience was specific to me but I've since learned I was wrong." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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