The actress whose complaints in opposition to her dance companion ignited the wave of unhealthy press across the BBC’s leisure present Strictly Come Dancing “fears the BBC will bury its personal findings,” in keeping with the UK press this weekend.
A pal of Amanda Abbington, who withdrew from the 2023 sequence and later alleged she had been topic to abuse by her dance companion Giovanni Pernice, advised The Mirror newspaper that the BBC didn’t publish their findings of an inside investigation as a result of they had been as a consequence of be revealed the identical week former star newsreader Huw Edwards appeared in courtroom over making little one abuse photos, and “they didn’t need two catastrophes in a single week.”
The unnamed pal added to The Mirror: “They delayed it due to Edwards. We are able to’t think about they’ll do something aside from keep on sitting on it and attempt to bury the investigation.”
Pernice left the present forward of the brand new sequence, however denies any allegations of wrongdoing made in opposition to him. One other dancer Graziano Di Prima additionally left the present this summer time, fired by the BBC after allegations that he kicked his movie star companion Zara McDermott throughout rehearsals final 12 months. Di Prima gave his first interview this weekend by which he denied kicking his dance companion, stated they remained associates and that he hadn’t been given an opportunity to clarify away the claims or discover out what it was precisely he was accused of.
The brand new sequence of the hit present – which has been offered to territories around the globe, together with the US the place it’s named Dancing with the Stars – is ready to launch within the subsequent fortnight, with the newest movie star line-up introduced in full this Monday. It’s the 20th anniversary of one of many BBC’s most profitable ever exhibits, however goes into this necessary season with a cloud over it from all of the tales rising from behind the scenes. The BBC itself final week revealed an unique investigation by which 15 members of the present’s manufacturing crew complained of their therapy by senior producers and celebrities on the present.
