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Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has finally broken his silence since it was announced he would not be returning to the BBC dance competition, amid the ongoing “bullying” investigation from the BBC. For months, there have been reports that Pernice’s “militant” training techniques led his former partner Amanda Abbington to claim she suffered PTSD from their time together. After allegedly having her foot stamped on by the Italian dancer, she left the series in week five and requested to have access to all the tapes of their training sessions – as well as enlisting the help of a lawyer…

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