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Ghomeshi has said he has engaged in rough sex, but that it was always consensual, and said he was fired from the CBC because of the risk that his sex life would become public “as a result of a campaign of false allegations.”

In a Facebook post Thursday, he said he plans to confront allegations “directly,” but said he won’t discuss “this matter” further with the media.

Beaven-Desjardins said police believe there may be more alleged victims and investigators are appealing to them, or anyone with information relating to the allegations, to contact investigators.

Investigators believe “a person or persons have viewed graphic evidence of physical injury to a woman,” she said.

“We are requesting the public to come forward with any video, photograph, social media chats relating to this investigation,” Beaven-Desjardins said.

Investigators have not yet contacted Ghomeshi for an interview, but “at some point in the investigation he will be invited to come in and speak to us,” she said.

Beaven-Desjardins said police are investigating allegations of “assault and sexual assault.”

DeCoutere, who also serves as a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force, was the first woman who levelled allegations against Ghomeshi to speak on the record about her experience.

DeCoutere told the Toronto Star she first met Ghomeshi in 2003 at the Banff World Media Festival and later went on a date with him in Toronto. She alleges that when they returned to his home, he pressed her up against a wall, choked her and slapped her across the face several times.