The actress whose complaints against her dance partner sparked a wave of bad press around the world BBCThe entertainment program of Strictly come dancing “fears that the BBC will bury its own findings,” according to the British press this weekend.
A friend of Amanda Abbingtonwho withdrew from the 2023 series and later alleged that she had been subjected to abuse by her dance partner Giovanni Pernice, said The mirror The newspaper said the BBC did not publish the results of an internal investigation because they were due to be revealed the same week as the former star news presenter Huw Edwards appeared in court for making images of child abuse and “they didn’t want two catastrophes in one week.”
The anonymous friend added to The mirror“They delayed it because of Edwards. We can’t imagine they’re going to do anything other than keep quiet and try to bury the investigation.”
Pernice left the show ahead of the new season but denies allegations of wrongdoing made against him. Another dancer, Graziano Di Prima, also left the show this summer, sacked by the BBC following allegations that he had kicked his celebrity partner Zara McDermott during rehearsals last year. Di Prima gave his first interview this weekend In a statement, he denied kicking his dance partner, saying they remained friends and that he had not been given a chance to explain the allegations or find out exactly what he was accused of.
The new series of the hit show, which has been sold to territories around the world, including the United States, where it bears the name Dancing with the stars – will be released in the next two weeks, with the final celebrity list to be announced in full this Monday. It is the 20thHe The show is celebrating its 100th anniversary as one of the most successful in BBC history, but it enters this important season with a cloud of stories emerging from behind the scenes. The BBC itself published an exclusive investigation last week in which 15 members of the show’s production team complained about the treatment they received from the show’s main producers and celebrities.