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Amanda Abbington shares a laugh with When It Happens To You? director Jez Bond during rehearsals as Giovanni Pernice is 'hit by fresh legal action from the actress'


The actress, 50, brushed off her Giovanni Pernice Strictly drama as she threw herself into rehearsals for her new show When It Happens To You in London on Friday.

Giovanni faces an even longer wait for an outcome after Amanda, Laura Whitmore (pictured) and Ranvir Singh all came forward to complain about their dance partner It was revealed last week that a plea was made online for anyone involved in the show at any time in the past two decades to come forward and speak to the BBC if they had experienced any bad behaviour. A BBC spokesman said of the widened investigation last night: 'We recently issued a statement urging the media not to indulge in speculation about complaints related to a high profile show and that position remains the same.'

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