Diddy trial live: Sean Combs accused of getting Wendy Williams FIRED for 'outing him as gay'
Sean ' Diddy ' Combs's trial is underway in New York City as the disgraced mogul faces charges of sex-trafficking and racketeering.
The music producer, 55, has sat by his team of star lawyers as he is accused of leveraging his wealth and power to oversee a criminal enterprise built around fulfilling his sexual fantasies.
Diddy denies all allegations against him. His lawyers admit he's a woman beater - although he does not face domestic abuse charges - but that he is not guilty of sex trafficking or racketeering.
As the trial continues, social media users have been sharing old clips of Wendy Williams ' claims against the rapper - including that she was fired from her radio job after saying the music mogul was gay.
Williams had long shared claims against Diddy, who faces life in prison if convicted of the federal charges.
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Wendy Williams claimed Diddy got her fired after she outed him as gay
Former talk show host and radio star Wendy Williams claimed in the past that she was fires from Hot 97 in 1998 after she shared her belief that Diddy was gay.
Williams had supposedly said she had a photo of Diddy being intimate with a man.
The mogul's former security guard Gene Deal seemed to confirm the claim in 2022.
'[Diddy] got one of the hottest DJs off Hot 97 because she wanted to put up a picture of him getting his pants pulled down,' Deal said, according to Vibe.
Wendy went on to become a supersyar talkshot host, but famously continued sharing claims about Diddy.
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