Abbington: People are ‘scared’ to raise concerns on Strictly

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Actor Amanda Abbington insists people are “scared” to raise concerns about their experiences at Strictly Come Dancing for fear of the “fallout”. Her claims come after she revealed, in an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy, she had received death and rape threats after pulling out of the contest.

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00:00People are scared to. I think women are very scared to say something and stick their head
00:03above the parapet for fear of being not believed or being ridiculed or being told they, you know,
00:09they're overreacting. You know, I've spoken to several women who won't come forward because
00:14of that, because they're terrified of the fallout of what would happen if they did,
00:19and that's not right.

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