Amanda Abbington paralysed companion sues America’s Acquired Expertise

The companion of Amanda Abbington is suing America’s Acquired Expertise after an accident on the present left him paralysed.

Former stunt performer Jonathan Goodwin now makes use of a wheelchair after he almost died when a stunt went wrong on America’s Acquired Expertise: Excessive in 2021.

This week Jonathan, from Pembrokeshire in Wales, filed the lawsuit in opposition to the US show-makers.

Amanda Abbington companion sues AGT

His lawyer Stuart Fraenkel mentioned: “That is yet one more instance of the leisure business placing earnings and scores earlier than security.

“The producers and workers engaged on this present might have taken a lot of easy steps to make sure Jonathan’s security.

“As a substitute, the manufacturing was rushed, chaotic and staffed by a workforce that lacked the required experience and expertise.

“Jonathan might be in a wheelchair for the remainder of his life as a result of there have been insufficient security practices, protocols and procedures in place to guard him. He’s bringing this declare to deliver consideration to an ongoing lack of security drawback within the leisure business.

“He hopes that by bringing this declare, classes might be discovered, modifications might be made and others sooner or later is not going to be uncovered to pointless dangers and hazard.”

What occurred to Jonathan?

Jonathan was a Britain’s Got Talent finalist in 2019. Two years later he was performing a stunt on America’s Acquired Expertise: Excessive.

Throughout rehearsals, Jonathan was suspended the other way up from 70ft whereas sporting a straight jacket.

His goal was to keep away from getting crushed by two swinging automobiles suspended on both facet of him and as an alternative fall onto an air mattress beneath.

However because the swinging automobiles obtained nearer and he tried to leap up the rope, the wire snapped, sandwiching Jonathan between the autos.

The automobiles then burst into flames, with Jonathan trapped, and he was airlifted to hospital.

Final yr Strictly star Amanda mentioned: “He fell 30ft and misplaced a kidney, broke each shoulder blades, shattered each legs.

“Third diploma burns, broke his backbone and severed his spinal wire and almost died. After which on the working desk, he almost died once more.”

Her companion might be a wheelchair consumer for the remainder of his life. He has since retrained as a hypnotherapist and just lately mentioned: “It’d be very simple for me to take a look at my state of affairs and be like, ‘Woe is me, I’m so unfortunate…’

“Or I might take a look at my state of affairs and be like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so fortunate. I obtained a second probability. I can nonetheless cuddle my daughter, kiss my fiancée, sip a margarita and watch the sundown.’

“That second probability at life is one thing that I’m extremely grateful for day by day.”

How did Amanda and Jonathan meet?

Amanda and Jonathan, now 43, first related in 2012 by means of social media.

Amanda, who was beforehand in a long-term relationship with Sherlock co-star Martin Freeman, mentioned: “We have been each in relationships on the time however we admired one another’s work.”

Nearly ten years later and the pair turned romantically concerned after chatting on-line for a month.

Jonathan flew to Vienna to satisfy Amanda for the primary time and so they obtained engaged inside half an hour of assembly one another.

Fremantle Media has mentioned it doesn’t touch upon litigation issues.

Read more: Amanda Abbington’s fiancé sparks rumours of a ‘feud’ with Giovanni Pernice amid claims of a ‘snub’.

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