Giovanni Pernice has reportedly earned a staggering seven-figure salary despite his ‘bullying’ scandal with Amanda Abbington on Strictly Come Dancing.

The former Strictly star, 34, earned over £1million in the last financial year as new account figures released for GP Entertainment Ltd showed he made £1.12m, up from £809,000 the previous year.

His earnings have almost quadrupled over the past four years as he earned £284,000 in 2021.

This was a whopping 38 percent increase on his previous 12-month earnings, which solidified it as his highest-earning year to date.

His eye-watering pay meant that he became one the BBC show’s highest earners of that year as he also embarked on other career side ventures.

While Giovanni may have made a pretty penny in the last financial year, his finances following the ‘bullying’ scandal involving Amanda, 52, are yet to be unveiled as these figures only cover the period up to April 2024, shortly before the BBC investigation was announced.

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Giovani Pernice has reportedly earned a staggering seven-figure salary despite his ‘bullying’ scandal with Amanda Abbington on Strictly Come Dancing

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New account figures released for GP Entertainment Ltd showed he made £1.12m, up from £809,000 the previous year

Giovanni walked away from his glitzy spot in the dancing competition last spring while the BBC investigated the allegations made towards him by the Sherlock actress.

But his step down did not stop him from dancing as he continued to perform in his own stage show before he appeared on the Italian version of Strictly.

When BBC bosses eventually published their report into Giovanni’s behaviour it cleared him of the most serious allegations of physical aggression, but upheld verbal bullying and harassment.

At the time, Giovanni said he was ‘pleased’ to be cleared of ‘threatening and abusive behaviour.’

The report also told how they had upheld six out of 17 allegations from Amanda. The report said that Giovanni – a perfectionist – ‘was swearing and using what could be described as belittling language’ which it said amounted to bullying behaviour.

The BBC apologised to the former Sherlock actress and also thanked her for coming forward to raise her grievances.

Within the report of the six-month long investigation which cost the licence fee payers upwards of £250,000, investigators found that the Italian dance star had used belittling language.

On another occasion he said: ‘I’m tired of it, if you want to look s*** I don’t care.’

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His earnings have almost quadrupled over the past four years as he earned £284,000 in 2021. This was a whopping 38 percent increase on his previous 12-month earnings

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His eye-watering earners meant that he became one the BBC show’s highest earners of that year as he also embarked on other career side ventures

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While Giovanni may have made a pretty penny in the last financial year, his finances following the ‘bullying’ scandal involving Amanda, 52, is yet to be unveiled

Amanda’s complaint that Giovanni would get frustrated with her while teaching her to dance was also upheld by the panel.

However, it’s also been revealed that he told her: ‘You have such talent and you’re not using it.’

Another time he told her: ‘I don’t know how to ask you anymore,’ while another comment saw him tell her ‘it has been four days now and I don’t know what to do’, was also deemed to be wrongful behaviour.

In another outburst, Giovanni said ‘f*****’ while teaching her how to do a routine.

Meanwhile, the allegation that the Sicilian born ballroom star had also given negative feedback was upheld, one example of which was him throwing his arms in the air and saying ‘f***.’ As a result, Giovanni was told by the BBC that he didn’t adapt enough to Amanda’s needs.

Of the two complaints which were upheld of a sexual nature, one saw Giovanni grab his crotch and utter a lewd remark.

He also told his dance partner that he ‘wanted to f***’ her. That comment came after Amanda had pulled off a great move in the training studio and Giovanni was thrilled.

Despite many of Amanda’s serious allegations being thrown out by the BBC, they did say sorry to her.

In a statement released in October, they said: ‘The BBC has now concluded its review into the complaints made by Amanda Abbington against Giovanni Pernice.

‘We have assessed the complaints and we have upheld some, but not all, of the complaints made. We want to apologise to Amanda Abbington and to thank her for coming forward and taking part.

‘We know this would not have been an easy thing to do.’

In response, Amanda 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.

‘In the days, weeks and months since I contacted the BBC, I’ve been accused of being a liar, a troublemaker and of being ‘mad and unstable.’