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Amanda Abbington reveals she held Strictly summit with other contestants in her own home where they 'all cried' together - as she says she is considering further action against BBC


The actress, 52, said she is considering further action against the BBC after the Corporation apologised to her following her complaints over Mr Pernice, 34.

In an interview with Victoria Derbyshire on Newsnight on Wednesday, Ms Abbington described her experience in the rehearsal room with Mr Pernice, where she said she 'lost all sense of reality'. It is one of Mr Pernice's wrongdoings which can now be disclosed after the much-anticipated verdict was unveiled on Monday which cleared him of the most serious allegations of physical aggression, but upheld verbal bullying and harassment. In response, Ms Abbington said: 'As the BBC has indicated today in its statement, my decision to come forward and complain about Giovanni Pernice's conduct towards me was not an easy thing to do.

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