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Giovanni Pernice loses out on £350,000 paycheck from TV jobs as he is yet to be cleared from four-month long BBC inquiry
Mr Pernice, 33, had been in talks with chiefs of Ballando con le Stelle for several months and they were thrilled at the prospect of him joining as one of their professional dancers.
But The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Giovanni Pernice has been told by the Italian show’s bosses they can’t sign him up for this year’s series because he has yet to be exonerated by investigators four months after they launched their inquiry. Giovanni Pernice had hoped to light up the Strictly ballroom in Italy after quitting the BBC dance show amid complaints from his partner Amanda Abbington (pictured in March) Ballando con le Stelle launched in 2005 - a year after Strictly began in the UK - and is filmed in a magnificent 19th century theatre at the RAI Auditorium at the Foro Italico in Rome.
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