The CBC fired Jian Ghomeshi after making a “moral judgment” about his habit of engaging in sexual practices that involve bondage, dominance and “sadism-masochism,” according to a statement of claim filed in court by the ousted national radio host.
The Toronto Star reports Ghomeshi is seeking $55 million in damages from his former employer. He alleges he provided the CBC with information about his sexual proclivities and the that public broadcaster used it against him when he was stripped of his host job at the Q morning show on the weekend and barred from the building.
In firing him, Ghomeshi alleges in his lawsuit that the “CBC was making a moral judgment about the appropriateness of BDSM.”
CBC spokesman Jeff Keay told the Star the corporation intends to “contest this matter vigorously.”
BDSM is an acronym for a series of sexual practices: bondage-discipline, dominant-submissive and sadism-masochism. According to Ghomeshi’s statement, he says he practises this with partners and it is always “consensual.”
A Star investigation this summer unearthed a series of allegations involving Ghomeshi and four women, all in their mid-20s. Three allege he punched and choked them without warning and without consent. A fourth, a former CBC employee, alleges he came up behind her in the workplace and grabbed her buttocks and on a separate occasion told her “I want to hate f--- you.”
On Sunday, CBC announced Ghomeshi’s employment was terminated.
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