has hit back at speculation he is involved in the ongoing investigation. has been hit with scandal after scandal following claims of abuse and misconduct by some of the professional stars. James, 46, is now another pro that has been dragged into the investigation - though he strongly denies the allegations made against him.
The former professional dancer was brought into the Strictly Come Dancing debacle after old footage surfaced of the star berating his celebrity partner. Jordan, who starred in the show from 2006 to 2013, was seen on Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two branding his partner Georgina Bouzova a "lazy cow", calling her "fat belly". In the clip, which has resurfaced over the last few days, James is seen hurling insults at the actress, before proceeding to throw a chair.
However, James has hit back at the clip, saying that the video was "heavily edited together" and was broadcast on It Takes Two "for the purposes of entertainment". Taking to his Instagram account on Wednesday (July 17), the ex-Celebrity housemate penned: "For those of you who have seen the edited VT of me training with Georgina 18 years ago - yes I had hair once!! But I just wanted to reassure you that footage was shot and edited together by the BBC team for transmission on It Takes Two 18 years ago in specific ways for the purposes of ENTERTAINMENT." He added: "Many of the clips were not related to Georgina at all (they are not allowed to do that these days as it misrepresents what actually happ.