Strictly Come Dancing’s Giovanni Pernice has reportedly been given a huge boost in his BBC bulling case.
The professional dancer, 33, has been at the center of a complaint feud in recent weeks after Amanda Abbington lodged a complaint with the BBC over Giovanni’s behaviour.
And following Amanda’s complaints, other stars, such as Laura Whitmore and Ranvir Singh, are set to step forward and join her.
But according to the Mirror, sources have said that the only formal allegations put to Giovanni after the BBC investigation involved Amanda.
This reportedly suggested the BBC have ruled that the star doesn’t have a case to answer for in relation to the other celebs, or that they didn’t lodge a formal complaint in the first place.
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Strictly Come Dancing’s Giovanni Pernice has reportedly been given a huge boost in his BBC bulling case (pictured in 2023)
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The professional dancer, 33, has been at the center of a complaint feud in recent weeks after Amanda Abbington (pictured) lodged a complaint with the BBC over Giovanni’s behaviour
But Amanda has previously suggested there are ‘five or six’ people affected by Giovanni’s behaviour.
A BBC source told the publication: ‘The narrative – certainly from Amanda – is that there has been a tsunami of complainants to the BBC.
‘But the truth of the matter is that Giovanni has only been asked for his response to Amanda’s claims.
‘This would suggest two things. One they haven’t made a formal complaint in the first place or, two, the BBC felt it wasn’t serious enough to warrant inclusion in their evidence dossier to put to Giovanni for response.’
MailOnline has contacted Giovanni’s representatives for a comment.
The report comes just days after Strictly Come was plunged into further crisis on Wednesday after Amanda claimed that Giovanni was trying to block the release of up to 50 hours of ‘toxic’ footage’.
In an emotionally charged interview, the actress, 50, compared the dance show to ‘the trenches’ telling Channel 4 News that BBC producers had been left ‘horrified’ by clips that also allegedly exhibited ‘humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature’.
The Sherlock star sensationally quit the dance competition last year citing ‘personal reasons’ before reports surfaced that she had demanded footage of her rehearsals after the experience with the show and her dance partner left her with PTSD.
But Amanda has previously suggested there are ‘five or six’ people affected by Giovanni’s behaviour
Giovanni, who has strongly denied any threatening or abusive behaviour, was later suspended, with the BBC later launching a probe over claims of off-camera misconduct made by Amanda as well as other celebrities.
Yet in a dramatic twist in the Strictly saga, the actress has claimed Giovanni tried to stop her legal team from accessing the video ‘evidence’ after producers were forced to put cameras in the dance studio after Amanda raised concerns.
‘There’s 50 hours of footage that’s being blocked. You know, 50 hours is a lot of footage, and a lot of time spent in a room that was toxic,’ she told presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
‘It’s out there. There is evidence out there of what happened in that room and I’m not the one who’s blocking it. I’ve said anyone can watch it, but he (Giovanni) doesn’t want anyone to see it, which is quite telling if he’s got nothing to hide.’
A spokesperson for Giovanni told MailOnline at the time: ‘We would urge people to wait for the review’s conclusion and not to pay heed to these very serious and defamatory allegations that have no evidence in support of them.’
The actress said that cameras were installed into her and Giovanni’s rehearsal studio after she raised concerns after the first week of practice with producers wanting to review the footage each week to assess what was ‘going on’ between the pair.
Giovanni had claimed he had asked for the cameras, which Amanda says is untrue.
‘So in the first week, I raised my concerns to the producers,’ the actress explained, as she fought back tears.
‘Giovanni said that he asked for the cameras, he didn’t ask for the cameras, I know that he didn’t ask for the cameras, because the producers came to me and said, ‘we’re going to put in cameras so we can view the footage at the end of the week and make an assessment and see what’s going on’.
‘And then every Friday, after the next sort of five weeks, I would get the producer saying, on the Friday, ‘we just watched the footage back, we are shocked and horrified, we’re so sorry’.
‘That was to my face on the Friday when we would go in and do the camera rehearsal.’
Throughout the interview, Guru-Murthy, who also starred on the 2023 series, asked whether it was correct that Amanda had experienced ‘humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature’, with the actress holding back tears as she nodded in agreement.
‘Yeah. I mean, you know, one of the many things,’ she said, clarifying it was not harassment.
Ever since the claims first emerged Giovanni has denied all of the allegations, claiming to have provided a dossier of evidence to the Beeb investigators and ‘remains fully confident in clearing his name’.
Disputing Amanda’s claims once again following tonight’s interview, a spokesperson for the Italian dancer said: ‘The BBC has shared the allegations they have been able to substantiate with us.
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<p>Amanda quit the BBC series last year due to ‘personal reasons’ before reports surfaced saying she had demanded footage of her rehearsals after the experience left her with PTSD (pictured on the show with Giovanni)</p>
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