It’s heartbreaking information for followers hoping Wendy Williams will make a tv comeback, as a brand new well being replace claims the previous discuss present host is “completely incapacitated.”
As reported by The U.S. Solar, the newest well being replace comes from court docket paperwork from attorneys for Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, who’s battling with Lifetime over the documentary The place is Wendy Williams?
In response to the outlet, Sabrina’s authorized group refers to Williams as “an acclaimed entertainer who, tragically, has been bothered by early-onset dementia and, in consequence, has change into cognitively impaired and completely incapacitated.”
The submitting provides, “In January 2022, after turning into conscious of a sample of disturbing occasions regarding [Williams’] welfare and funds, Wells Fargo took the extremely uncommon step of initiating a guardianship continuing by itself initiative within the Supreme Courtroom of New York, New York County (the ‘Guardianship Continuing’), to hunt the court docket appointment of an unbiased guardian for [Wendy’s] monetary affairs.”
Morrissey’s authorized group has requested the court docket for sure parts of the case about Williams’ “well being, familial relationships, and funds” to be redacted to guard her privateness.
“We respectfully request that the Courtroom grant Plaintiff’s movement for restricted redactions to guard personal info from the Guardianship Continuing that has been positioned beneath seal by the court docket overseeing that continuing,” the papers state.
The most recent court docket battle comes after Williams’ guardian tried to cease Lifetime from releasing its documentary earlier this yr. Morrissey’s group filed a restraining order in opposition to the TV community on February 20, simply days earlier than the doc was launched. Nevertheless, the request was overturned as a decide discovered stopping the doc can be an “impermissible prior restraint on speech that violates the First Modification of the establishment.”
Morrissey filed an amended criticism on September 16, 2024, in opposition to A&E Tv Networks, Leisure One Actuality Productions, Lifetime Leisure Companies, Creature Movies, and director Mark Ford. The case is now being dealt with by the federal court docket. The defendants have filed countersuits in opposition to Morrisey.
Earlier this yr, Williams’ healthcare group launched a press release revealing her analysis of main progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia analysis.
“Aphasia, a situation affecting language and communication talents, and frontotemporal dementia, a progressive dysfunction impacting habits and cognitive features, have already introduced vital hurdles in Wendy’s life,” the assertion stated.
Williams was final seen in public on August 19, when she stopped by the holistic retailer Bolingo Steadiness in Newark, New Jersey, along with her son, Kevin Hunt Jr. It marked the primary time Williams had been seen in public since March 2023.