Two of the women told a newspaper Ghomeshi introduced them to a teddy bear, then turned the bear around and slapped and choked them.
Jian Ghomeshi
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Eight of the women spoke to the Toronto Star and another woman came forward anonymously to the CBC radio show As It Happens .
While most of the women have remained anonymous, citing fear of retaliation, Trailer Park Boys actress Lucy DeCoutere agreed to identify herself.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) fired Jian Ghomeshi, who hosted daily arts program Q on CBC Radio One on Sunday afternoon. The 47-year-old later took to Twitter to defend himself and filed a lawsuit against the CBC for more than $50 million, alleging defamation and breach of trust.
CBC said it would fight the lawsuit. The Q put a guest host, Brent Bambury, on air this week as a replacement to Ghomeshi, who gave a brief statement about how the show would continue.
Most of the women counted themselves as fans before they met Ghomeshi, greeting him on his book tour or meeting him through work-related events. They told stories of being surprised when he attacked them and how he acted as if nothing happened afterwards.
Two of the women independently told the Star that Ghomeshi had introduced them to his stuffed teddy bear, named "Big Ears Teddy," then turned the stuffed animal around and slapped and choked the women while saying, "Big Ears Teddy shouldn't see this."
The other women all told alarming stories of non-consensual beatings, being choked and whipped, forced fellatio, painful hair pulling, and workplace sexual harassment.
Lucy DeCoutere
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