Amanda Abbington reportedly has no regrets about investigating Giovanni Pernice’s bullying on Strictly Come Dancing.
Sherlock actress Amanda, 50, has made a series of allegations about her pro Giovanni’s teaching methods, describing his behaviour as “unnecessary, insulting, cruel and vile”. He has vehemently denied all the allegations.
The report on the events during the training has been completed and can be published within a few days.
And a new report from The sun claims she has no regrets because she “knows what happened in the training room” and knows it was “unacceptable.”
A source told the publication: ‘Amanda has given the BBC all the information she could find to help them with their investigation.
Amanda Abbington reportedly has no regrets about Giovanni Pernice’s bullying investigation on Strictly Come Dancing
Sherlock actress Amanda, 50, has made a series of allegations about her pro Giovanni’s teaching methods, describing his behaviour as ‘unnecessary, insulting, cruel and vile’. He has strongly denied all the claims
‘Amanda was hugely reassured during her first interview when the BBC investigators told her her story was fully believed – and now it is up to the broadcaster to make their findings public.
“Her biggest concern from day one was that others would not have to go through the same traumatic experience as she did.”
The source added that she believes the BBC needs to do much more to ‘help, support and protect those who take part in the programme’.
MailOnline has reached out to a representative for Amanda for comment.
This comes after the publication reported that it is “deeply disappointed” with BBC bosses over concerns they are “protecting” Giovanni during the bullying investigation.
It was also recently revealed that Amanda found the BBC bosses’ questioning “deeply offensive” given the ongoing investigation into misconduct on the show.
The actress has been questioned for the second time about a banned video the dancer shared with her and an “indecent comment” he made about another celebrity contestant when the video was sent.
Giovanni is also said to have made a rude comment about a member of Amanda’s family, prompting BBC bosses to ‘essentially ask’ her if the dancer had meant the remark in a light-hearted manner.
The report investigating what happened during the training has been completed and could be published within a few days.
And a new report from The Sun claims she has no regrets because she ‘knows what happened in the training room’ and knows it was ‘unacceptable’.
A BBC spokesman said: ‘As we have said before, we will not comment on individuals and we will not speculate.’
Amanda has a daughter Grace and a son Joe with her ex-partner Martin Freeman, 52, to whom she was married for 16 years, from 2000 to 2016.
This comes after Martin asked her for support after the scandal and asked her for help during the turbulent time. Her fiancé Jonathan Goodwin also received this support, The Sun reports.
The BBC is expected to conclude its investigation into Giovanni soon, after weeks of investigation.
This comes after it was revealed that Amanda recently handed over more texts containing new revelations about Giovanni’s behaviour on Strictly.
The dramatic intervention is said to have thrown the BBC’s investigation into the conduct of professional Giovanni into chaos and ‘changed the course of the inquiry’.
Amanda has made a series of allegations about Giovanni’s teaching methods, describing his behaviour as ‘unnecessary, insulting, cruel and mean’. He has vehemently denied all the allegations.
In an interview, Amanda compared the dance show to “the trenches” and told Channel 4 News that BBC producers were “appalled” by clips that allegedly included “degrading sexual behaviour”.
In another interview with Christine Lampard on Lorraine she said: ‘It was inappropriate, mean, unkind, bullying and I put up with it for five, six weeks.
‘It started very early and when it started I shut down because I recognized the warning signs.
‘And then I would shut down and it would be hard to get in. And that would be a self-fulfilling prophecy.’
In an interview, Amanda compared the dance show to “the trenches” and told Channel 4 News that BBC producers were “appalled” by clips that also allegedly showed “degrading behaviour of a sexual nature”.
Of her schedule for the show, she said, “I went to the rehearsal space every day. I’ve been in rehearsal spaces for 32 years.
‘I know what rehearsal spaces should look like.
“No matter what your background is – whether it’s dancing, acting or singing – you have an obligation to bring compassion, understanding, sensitivity and kindness to the rehearsal room.
‘And I wasn’t told that (on Strictly). So I just said I don’t think that’s right.’