Giovanni Pernice is reportedly considering suing Amanda Abbington. The former Strictly Come Dancing partners have been locked in a bitter feud since performing together on the BBC show. Amanda claimed Giovanni had been "cruel and abusive" – claims which he vehemently denies.
On Wednesday, Amanda sat down with Strictly co-star Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Channel 4 News and claimed that some of the "bullying" she was allegedly subjected to was "of a sexual nature". Recalling her time in the rehearsal room, Amanda claimed: “It’s bullying and it’s aggressive behaviour. There were other things that were very upsetting, that you manage in the room at the time, because you’re a woman, and you have to manage those things because otherwise, what do you do?” Krishnan said: “I heard, not from you, from somebody else, about an instance of, I suppose you’d call it humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature.
Is that right?” “Yeah. I mean, you know, one of the many things,” Amanda replied as Krishnan clarified the alleged incident in question was “not harassment, but humiliation”. Following these claims – which Giovanni denies – it's now been reported that the professional dancer "has not ruled out taking his own legal action" against his former partner.
"Giovanni knows what his options are when it comes to suing Amanda," one source told MailOnline . "Let's just say he has set himself up nicely with the infrastructure around him to pave the way. He is absolutely rese.