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In light of the disturbing allegations against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair is encouraging victims of sexual abuse to come forward to police.

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“Any person who has been the victim of a sexual assault, I want to encourage them to come forward and report, give us an opportunity to conduct an investigation and gather the evidence,” he said, adding that police can put victims in contact with services that could help them in their recovery.

“We are quite prepared to conduct a criminal investigation should they come forward with complaints,” he said.

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Not long after Blair’s comments to reporters, two public relations companies representing Ghomeshi dropped him as a client.

Navigator, a high-stakes crisis company, said that “circumstances of our engagement” with Ghomeshi had changed and they were no longer representing him. Their relationship was first announced over the weekend when the allegations against Ghomeshi hit.

Rock-it Promotions, Ghomeshi’s long-time publicity company, also dropped him as a client Thursday afternoon.