A Strictly Come Dancing star has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of rape.
In response to The Solar, the person was detained final month over an incident that allegedly occurred in 2024. He can’t be named for authorized causes.
It’s understood that the girl who made the grievance was not a contestant or skilled dancer on the BBC programme.
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Hertfordshire Police has confirmed an arrest happened in London on 13 October, and he was later launched on bail as an investigation continues.
A BBC spokesperson mentioned: “It would not be appropriate to comment on an ongoing police investigation.”
They added: “Bosses have finished their utmost to regular the ship and make the present as scandal-free as doable, and but now this has occurred.
“The BBC is taking this very seriously and will absolutely offer support to all concerned.”
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This arrest comes three months after one other male Strictly star was additionally arrested on suspicion of rape.
The person in his 30s, who has not been named, faces a separate alleged offence of “non-consensual intimate image abuse”.
Strictly Come Dancing – one of many BBC’s largest leisure exhibits – has confronted a number of controversies of late.
Over the summer season, an exterior regulation agency was fired to analyze claims that two of the programme’s stars had taken cocaine.
Final 12 months, the BBC apologised to Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington, who had accused her dancing associate of verbal bullying and harassment.
“Some, but not all” of the allegations have been upheld in opposition to Giovanni Pernice. He has denied “threatening or abusive behaviour” – and claimed the complaints had been made to destroy his profession.
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Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice carry out on Strictly in 2023. Pic: BBC/Man Levy
Welsh opera singer Wynne Evans, who competed in 2024, additionally apologised for making an “inappropriate and unacceptable” comment to a girl in the course of the present’s stay tour launch.
Final month, Strictly presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman collectively introduced they are going to be leaving the present on the conclusion of the present sequence – and passing on “the very sparkly baton” to new hosts.
