CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi has instructed his law firm, Dentons Canada LLP, to initiate legal action against the CBC after it announced Sunday it was ending its relationship with the high-profile media personality.

“Our client takes this matter very seriously and legal proceedings will be commenced tomorrow in relation to the CBC’s conduct which lead to Jian’s termination,” Dentons associate Tiffany Soucy told Playback Daily in a statement.

Dentons in a statement Sunday said Ghomeshi will claim “general and punitive damages for among other things, breach of confidence and bad faith” by the CBC.

His lawyers are expected to file the lawsuit Monday morning.

The pubcaster on Sunday said it cut ties to Ghomeshi, who hosted the popular Q morning radio show, without providing details or the financial terms of his dismissal.

“The CBC is saddened to announce its relationship with Jian Ghomeshi has come to an end. This decision was not made without serious deliberation and careful consideration. Jian has made an immense contribution to the CBC and we wish him well,” the CBC said in a statement.

Ghomeshi’s Q radio show airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on CBC Radio One and his QTV show, based on the radio series, aired Sundays at 3 pm ET and Thursday nights at 1 am ET on the CBC and on demand on YouTube.

On Sept. 6, 2014, the CBC announced that a U.S. version of QTV had been sold into U.S. cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Portland through distributor PPI. QTV is produced in-house for the CBC.

CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson also told Playback Daily that “information came to our attention recently, that in CBC’s judgement, precludes us from continuing our relationship with Jian Ghomeshi.”

After a day of speculation on why Ghomeshi had lost his job, the radio host issued a long Facebook post in which he admitted to “rough sex” role-playing with a former girlfriend, but insisted it had been consensual.

In the posting, Ghomeshi said he had been fired by the pubcaster for “sexual behavior…unbecoming of a prominent host on the CBC.”

The Toronto Star on Monday published a story pointing to four unnamed women that had alleged non-consensual sexual abuse by Ghomeshi.

In a separate editor’s note published alongside the story, the newspaper said it had been investigating the story since May but had not published anything due to lack of proof of the authenticity of the allegations. However, in light of Ghomeshi’s Facebook statement Sunday and his high public profile, that the paper believed it was in the public interest to detail the allegations.

with files from Katie Bailey