The CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi affair is slowly edging from the headlines to the courts.

The pubcaster on Wednesday filed a notice of motion to dismiss the former radio host’s $55 million lawsuit against the CBC filed on Oct. 27 by Dentons Canada LLP.

The CBC said Ghomeshi’s claim, alleging breach of confidence and bad faith by the pubcaster, “is, in our view, without merit and an abuse of the court’s process.”

“We will also be asking the court to conclude that as a member of a union with a collective agreement, Mr. Ghomeshi’s only legal avenue is through the arbitration process, not the courts,” the CBC added in a short statement.

The former Q radio show host was fired by the CBC on Oct. 26 over sexual assault allegations.

Also Wednesday, Ghomeshi hired Toronto criminal lawyer Marie Henein to represent him against sexual assault allegations that are now part of an active investigation by the Toronto Police.

Earlier, on Tuesday, the CBC said it hired prominent Toronto labour lawyer Janice Rubin to investigate any allegations of workplace harassment by Ghomeshi inside the pubcaster that may materialize as part of a widening internal probe.