Pals of have claimed his former partner has "gone too far" and is out to "destroy" him.
A review into allegations made by the and star against Giovanni, when they were partnered together last year, saw - with .
The report found that Giovanni had ‘verbally bullied and harassed’ Amanda, but he was cleared of complaints of ‘physical aggression’ towards her. By this point, Italian pro dancer Giovanni had already and has now joined Italy's version of Dancing with the Stars - Ballando con le Stelle.
But though the outcome of the six-month review is now out in the open, the detail of the findings remain confidential and Amanda’s ‘secret’ interview with Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire earlier this week has ruffled even more feathers.
It is claimed that many BBC employees had ‘no idea’ it was taking place – and claimed that Giovanni’s team got wind of it minutes before it went on air on Wednesday night, reportedly leaving them ‘furious’.
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During the interview, 50-year-old Amanda said she endured an ‘ongoing litany of being verbally abused, sexual innuendo' that were not ‘isolated one-off incidents’, as well as a ’35-minute rant at me with him throwing his hands in the air and calling me names’.
She described appearing on Strictly as ‘one of the worst years’ of her life.
Speaking about the Newsnight interview, a source close to Giovanni told the : “Amanda went too far, what is she doing? She knows full well what was in the report, she kept referring to it during the interview, saying that she had a 30-page report with her in the studio, which she said she and her lawyer are digesting.”
Another pal reportedly said: “When will she stop? Once again Abbington is destroying Giovanni in the media. For months, there have been stories in the papers of far more serious things Amanda says he did to her, those have not been upheld – so what has she got to say about that?”
A spokesman for Giovanni told the publication: “It’s disappointing that Ms Abbington would knowingly mislead the outcome of the report seemingly in order to further attempt to damage Giovanni’s reputation. While Ms Abbington may not like the outcome of the six-month investigation, she should not seek to spread false and defamatory claims.” The has reached out to Amanda and Giovanni’s reps for further comment on this story.
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