The PR firm aiding disgraced Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi has split with the client amid allegations that he assaulted several women, including a prominent Canadian author and an actress.
"Regrettably, the circumstances of our engagement have changed and we are no longer able to continue," said Navigators, a well-known Canuck PR firm that was initially advising Ghomeshi after eight women -- including author Reva Seth and actress Lucy DeCoutere -- accused the host of sexual and physical assault. Seth went public Oct. 30 with an op-ed in the Huffington Post, after DeCoutere detailed her allegations on a CBC program a day earlier.
Ghomeshi's publicity firm, rock-it promotions, has also dropped the embattled client." Going forward, rock-it promotions will no longer be representing Jian Ghomeshi," the firm said in a statement. "We won't be responding to or receiving media requests."
Ghomeshi was a popular host for the Canadian Broadcasting Company's "Q" radio show until he was fired Oct. 26. The CBC said it is commissioning a third-party investigation of the allegations.
Ghomeshi said in a lenghthy Facebook statement that he will not be answering media inquiries about the allegations. "I want to thank you for your support and assure you that I intend to meet these allegations directly," he wrote.
He said: "I've been fired from the CBC because of the risk of my private sex life being made public as a result of a campaign of false allegations pursued by a jilted ex girlfriend and a freelance writer."
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