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Gay Radio Host Claims Employer Called Him Slur On Twitter. They Just Fired Him, Accusing Him Of Writing The Tweet.

Ryan Saavedra
Gay Radio Host Claims Employer Called Him Slur On Twitter. They Just Fired Him, Accusing Him Of Writing The Tweet.
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Seth Dunlap, an openly gay sports host on WWL New Orleans, claimed that the radio station tweeted a homophobic slur at him in September and allegedly demanded $1.8 million from the station, threatening to go “scorched earth” over the tweet.

The radio station, however, fired Dunlap late this week, claiming that he wrote the tweet, and law enforcement officials are now reportedly looking into filing charges against Dunlap.

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