Jian Ghomeshi is still in the hot seat seeing as 8 women have come forward to talk about the abuse they experienced while dating the former CBC host. 

The abusive behavior described by the women range from allegations of beating and choking without their consent to sexual harassment in the workplace.

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One of the women who have spoken out against Ghomeshi is actress Lucy DeCoutere, she recalls an incident in 2003, she says that Ghomeshi choked her to the point that she couldn't breathe and then he slapped her hard across the side of her head three times. "He did not ask if I was into that sort of rough thing, it was never a question and it was shocking to me."

The radio personality met some of the women during his 2012 tour to promote his best selling memoir about a year in high school in Thornhill, 1982. The other women, were women he met at film festivals, music and CBC events or at the CBC offices. 

Aside from Lucy, one of the other women who spoke about the alleged abuse is a woman in her mid-20's, she worked at the CBC offices as a producer, she recalls that Ghomeshi took her to his hotel room, slammed her against the wall and was very forceful with her, she says that she was forced to perform oral sex on Ghomeshi in order to get out. 

The 47-year old Ghomeshi was recently fired as a host at Q, a flagship radio show of the CBC. But, Ghomeshi has fired back by suing the CBC for US$55 million due to defamation and breach of trust, he also says that they fired him due to his personal choice of rough sadism sex.  

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