STRICTLY Come Dancing has lost its top talent executive after the Wynne Evans row rocked the show.
Long-serving celebrity booker Stefania Aleksander has left her full-time role after seven years, having also been mentioned in the BBC investigation into pro Giovanni Pernice's alleged bullying of dance partner Amanda Abbington .
Stefania has been replaced by long-standing staffer Jasmine Fox and will now be working on ITV's Soccer Aid .
But BBC sources insisted her departure as celebrity talent executive was not connected to any of these issues.
One told The Sun on Sunday: "Stefania worked on the series for a long time and she came under increasing pressure over the last couple of years.
"It's not that these situations were Stefania's fault, but they happened during her tenure recruiting the celebrities."
"It was apparent to BBC investigators that she was the first person Amanda would complain to over Giovanni's behaviour. She was the main point of liaison between them.
"The show recruiting Wynne Evans came to be viewed as a poor signing because of the problems with him. There's been a lot of discussion behind the scenes at the BBC over how that came about."
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