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Four days after CBC host Jian Ghomeshi was fired amid accusations that he abused women, four more alleged victims have stepped forward, including actress Lucy DeCoutere, who portrays Lucy on Trailer Park Boys.

She alleges that Mr. Ghomeshi slapped and choked her without warning after taking her to his Riverdale home in 2003.

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“He did not ask if I was into it. It was never a question,” Ms. DeCoutere told the Toronto Star.Ghomeshi says he plans to “directly” respond to the allegations.

“I want to thank you for your support and assure you that I intend to meet these allegations directly,” he said in a short Facebook post Thursday morning.

“I don’t intend to discuss this matter any further with the media.”

I’m on the floor and I’m in tears. And he said ‘you need to go’

Ms. DeCoutere’s account was published only hours after an unnamed woman appeared on CBC Radio with an account of being badly beaten by the broadcaster in his Toronto home.

Appearing on As It Happens, the woman said she was on a second date with Mr. Ghomeshi 10 years ago when he “threw me in front of him on the ground and started closed-fist pounding me on the head repeatedly until my ears were ringing.”