Toronto police are seeking the public's assistance in an investigation into assault and sexual assault allegations made against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi, saying three women have come forward to speak with officers.

Insp. Joanna Beaven-Desjardins said police are asking anyone who has any evidence related to the allegations -- including video, photos and social media chats -- to contact the Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit.

Police have not yet contacted Ghomeshi for an interview, as the investigation is still in its "infancy." But at some point in the investigation “he will be invited to come in and speak to us," she said.

Beaven-Desjardins said, at this point, police are working solely with allegations.

“He has not been convicted of anything, these are allegations,” she said. “We are trying to get all the information from our reportees – our victims – first, so that we have the best evidence to move forward.”

Beaven-Desjardins said police believe there may be more complainants, including outside of Ontario.

Any victims who want to file a report can call the Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit at 416-808-7474.

Any victims who live outside of Ontario can also contact the Sex Crimes Unit, who will then co-ordinate an investigation with the police force in that jurisdiction, she said.

Beaven-Desjardins noted that any victims of assault or sexual assault have access to victims' services, regardless of whether they decide to make a police report. The independent charitable organization Victims' Services Toronto provides services to victims and can be reached at 416-808-7066.

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said Saturday that now complainants have stepped forward, police will “make an effort” to ensure that they -- and all victims of assault -- have access to support services “to help them in their recovery.”

Graphic evidence

The CBC said Friday it fired Ghomeshi after seeing "graphic evidence" that the radio host had allegedly harmed a woman.

Chuck Thompson, head of public affairs for the CBC, outlined the series of events that led to Ghomeshi's termination last weekend in a statement emailed to CTV.

In the statement, Thompson said that on Oct. 23, the CBC saw "for the first time, graphic evidence" that Ghomeshi had allegedly "caused physical injury to a woman."

The CBC would not say if the graphic evidence was a video or videos of bondage or beatings during sexual activity, citing the ongoing investigation being conducted by an outside agency.

However, sources close to the investigation told CTV News that Ghomeshi himself showed such videos to CBC management. Ghomeshi was trying to show “how bruising could happen and it could still be consensual,” sources said. Those videos have not been seen by CTV News.

After viewing the evidence, the broadcaster “determined that Jian’s conduct was a fundamental breach of CBC’s standard of acceptable conduct for any employee,” the statement said. Ghomeshi was fired on Oct. 26.

The CBC has hired a third-party company to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations against Ghomeshi.

In an email to The Canadian Press on Saturday, Thompson said the CBC has reached out to the police and “will fully co-operate in their investigation.”

Nine women come forward

Since news of the allegations first broke, nine women have come forward to accuse him of abuse. The allegations range from beating and choking to sexual harassment. None of the allegations against Ghomeshi have been proven in court.

On Thursday, Ghomeshi said he would "meet these allegations directly" in a brief Facebook statement.

Actress Lucy DeCoutere is one of the three women who has gone to police. In interviews with CTV News and other media outlets, she alleged that Ghomeshi grabbed her by the throat and slapped her after they went out to dinner in 2003.

Beaven-Desjardins said there is no statute of limitations on allegations of assault and sexual assault, so police can go back from the time of the alleged attack and start collecting evidence.

"We take every minute detail and we investigate it to the ninth degree," she said.

She noted, however, that officers are limited when it comes to investigating anonymous allegations made online.

"Online allegations have to have a name to them; we can't just take a generic allegation and move forward on that," she said. "If a person wants to report to police, they need to contact us."

Several of the women making allegations against Ghomeshi have done so anonymously to the media.

For this reason, Beaven-Desjardins also said investigators have also reached out to the news organizations that published accounts of the alleged abuse, requesting that they tell their sources to contact Toronto Police’s sex crimes unit.

Shortly after he was terminated, Ghomeshi said on his personal Facebook page that he has engaged in rough sex, but the acts were always consensual.

The 47-year-old, who helped create the popular radio show “Q,” launched a $55-million lawsuit against the broadcaster, alleging breach of confidence, bad faith and defamation.