Strictly's Giovanni Pernice to make TV return for first time since BBC axing

The nonrecreational dancer was axed from Strictly Come Dancing earlier this twelvemonth arsenic a bid of superior allegations were made against the Italian by Sherlock prima Amanda Abbington

Giovanni Pernice is to marque his instrumentality to TV for archetypal clip since the Amanda Abbington ungraded that led to his exit from Strictly Come Dancing.

The 34-year-old faced a drawstring of allegations regarding his behaviour by the Sherlock actress, who was partnered with the Italian dancer connected the BBC One amusement past year. She near aft conscionable a fewer weeks, citing wellness reasons, and it aboriginal emerged Amanda had discontinue owed to the abusive behaviour she allegedly faced from Giovanni during their rehearsals.

An probe into the claims was conducted by the BBC, and past month, it was announced that Giovanni was cleared of 10 of the 16 allegations made against him. The dancer said successful a connection that helium was relieved that allegations helium had been threatening and abusive “were recovered not to beryllium true”. Amanda accused Giovanni of creating an ambiance successful grooming that led to “an ongoing litany of being verbally abused”, and she claimed determination were claims successful the study that “are unresolved”.

Since the ungraded kicked disconnected earlier this year, Giovanni fled to his autochthonal Italy to instrumentality portion successful their mentation of Strictly, and has seen immoderate of his upcoming projects, including his quality successful the Channel 4 world amusement Celebrity Hunted, scrapped successful airy of the allegations and consequent investigation. A root told The Sun that Giovanni would beryllium appearing connected Lorraine’s ITV daytime amusement connected Tuesday, and would beryllium discussing caller projects successful the pipeline.

They said Amanda has been capable to dependable her broadside of the communicative successful respective high-profile interviews, but Giovanni was incapable to due to the fact that of his links to the BBC, and the probe into the allegations. “Now it is complete, Giovanni is capable to sermon definite things but astir importantly, determination guardant with his career,” the insider claimed. “He volition chat to Lorraine astir his upcoming solo circuit The Last Dance and tally of caller dates for his gigs with Anton Du Beke.”

Amanda spoke successful item astir her “year of hell” successful an interrogation with BBC Newsnight earlier this month, and said she had been connected the receiving extremity of vicious decease threats since going nationalist with her allegations. She insisted she loved Strictly and “never wanted to origin trouble, I ne'er wanted to bring down a amusement oregon ruin anybody’s career”, but wanted to talk retired aft her experience.

“All I did was acquisition thing successful a workplace situation that was really connected a amusement tally by a corp that is owned by the nationalist and I didn’t privation anybody other to spell done what I had gone through,” Amanda explained, arsenic she added that she had met with Giovanni’s erstwhile personage partners, arsenic good arsenic different Strictly contestants, “to marque definite we weren't connected our ain reasoning this had conscionable happened to us”.

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