Wendy Williams is back in the spotlight — but seemingly not by choice.
Although she was spotted at a holistic health store in August 2024, talk show host Williams has mostly disappeared from the public eye due to her ongoing health struggles with frontotemporal dementia, Graves' disease, and lymphedema. The 60-year-old's name is back in the headlines, however, now that conservator Sabrina E. Morrissey is bringing forth a lawsuit on her behalf.
According to court documents originally obtained by Page Six, Morrissey is suing A&E, Lifetime, producer Mark Ford and eOne Productions, all of whom collaborated on the Where Is Wendy Williams? docuseries. The two-part docuseries premiered in February 2023, and featured several interviews with Williams.
The court documents called these interviews "highly invasive, humiliating footage that portrayed her in the confusing throes of dementia." According to Morrissey, Williams has only been paid $82,000 for said interviews, which Morrissey called "a paltry sum." Although the exact numbers have not been released, Morrissey alleges that the "defendants who have profited on the streaming of the program have likely already earned millions."
Morrissey unsuccessfully attempted to delay the release of the documentary, which she says "not only destroyed [Williams'] credibility and image, but [...] did so when she was incapacitated and unable to consent or avoid being filmed."
According to Williams' team, the former radio personality will "need significant funding to provide for proper medical care and supervision for the rest of her life."
The case will be prosecuted by civil rights attorney Roberta Kaplan and her partner Tim Martin, who represented E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. Kaplan's team gave the following statement to Page Six:
"As our complaint shows in painful and excruciating detail, A&E, Lifetime and Mark Ford viciously and shamelessly exploited Wendy Williams for their own profit while she was obviously incapacitated and suffering from dementia. Their behavior truly shocks the conscience, and they should not be permitted to profit from her suffering. We are proud to represent her guardian in holding them accountable."
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