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Zara McDermott reveals she is working on 'extremely sensitive' documentary after her Strictly partner Graziano Di Prima was accused of 'hitting and kicking her' during rehearsals


The former Love Islander, 27, thanked fans for the recent 'love' and 'support' following the scandal about her 'distressing' experience with Strictly partner Graziano Di Prima.

The allegations came to light after members of production presented video of training room incidents to BBC HR executives investigating Graziano's co-star Giovanni Pernice amid bullying accusations from his partner Amanda Abbington. Zara broke her silence on the allegations last week, as she took to Instagram to share that while much of her time on Strictly 'was everything I could have dreamt of' inside the training room with Graziano there were 'particular incidents which are incredibly distressing' The allegations came to light after members of production presented video of training room incidents to BBC HR executives investigating Graziano's co-star Giovanni Pernice amid bullying accusations from his partner Amanda Abbington

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