Neville sued ITV2 after it pulled the plug on him producing reality shows involving Peter and Kerry Katona, following his relationship with their manager Claire Powell – who has previously been paid damages by Katie Price – ending.
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He might be wowing us all with his moves on Strictly at the moment, but Peter Andre’s been having a pretty rubbish time of it in the courts this week – with the bookies’ favourite coming under fire from a top judge presiding over the case, where Peter was acting as a key witness.
Speaking of Pete’s claims against Neville, he said: “I completely disbelieve Mr Andre’s evidence about the alleged death threats”.
Mr Hendricks worked with Ms Powell and her company CAN Associates on programmes such as Peter Andre: The Next Chapter and shows featuring Kerry Katona.
He believed, “with a few justification”, that the rumour was being spread by Miss Powell or others associated with her.
The Strictly Come Dancing star gave evidence against Hendricks and said that he made death threats against Powell which involved “scurrilous and vitriolic” tweets on social media.
Hendricks then created a Twitter account and made numerous “unpleasant” tweets, mostly directed at Powell but a few at Andre.
He told ITV about the issues and the company ended its production agreement with Mr Hendricks’ company Mr H TV Ltd, saying there had been a breach of terms and conditions.
Andre’s solicitors wrote to Mr H TV, wanting “no further dealings whatsoever”, before ITV2 “wrongfully” terminated the agreement with the company.
After the court ruling, the producer said: “The judgement says everything that anyone needs to know about the true nature of Peter Andre”.
“I reject utterly any suggestion that he made death threats”.
In contrast, Mr Justice Flaux described Neville as “an engaging personality” and “an essentially honest witness”.
“That leaves two possible explanations of Mr Andre’s evidence”.
Mr Hendricks had admitted to being “a volatile character and often foul-mouthed” – but, said the judge: “I was simply not prepared to accept that he was capable of the level of violence ascribed to him by Mr Andre and Ms Powell”.
Mr Justice Faux ruled that ITV2’s “purported termination” of the production agreement amounted to a “repudiatory breach” of contract.
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The judge added: “A number of aspects of the quantification of damages may require adjustment in the light of my findings”.
