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Wendy Williams, 60, incapacitated by battle with dementia: guardian


Wendy Williams, 60, incapacitated by battle with dementia: guardian

Wendy Williams’ guardian claims that the former talk show host’s health has seriously deteriorated.

In a Nov. 12 court filing obtained by The Post, attorneys for Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, said Williams, 60, has become “cognitively impaired, permanently disabled and incapacitated” as a result of her battle with dementia.

Morrissey is currently in a legal battle with Lifetime over the release of the documentary “Where Is Wendy Williams?”, which came out in February.

Wendy Williams in the Lifetime documentary “Where Is Wendy Williams?” life

The lawsuit alleged that the defendants — Lifetime’s parent company, A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment Services, EOne Productions, Creature Films and the documentary’s executive producer Mark Ford — “cruelly exploited (Williams’) cognitive and physical decline.” “by creating and releasing a documentary at a time when (Williams) was extremely vulnerable and clearly unable to consent to being recorded.”

Williams in the Lifetime documentary. thwwendyexperience/Instagram

In 2023, Williams was diagnosed with primary aggressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia – the same medical issues Bruce Willis struggles with.

Since May 2022, she has been under a court-ordered conservatorship overseeing her health and finances after her bank, Wells Fargo, claimed she was “incapacitated.”

Williams in the Lifetime documentary. life
“Where’s Wendy Williams” on Lifetime. life

Morrissey’s legal team said the defendants “deliberately manipulated and incited” Williams in order to elicit strong emotional reactions and obtain embarrassing footage.

In the filing, Morrissey’s lawyers asked the court to redact aspects of Williams’ “health, family relationships and finances” outlined in the case to protect her privacy.

The defendant’s defense was also listed in the file. They claimed the case stemmed from Morrissey’s “misguided attempts to excuse her own failure to protect her ward.”

Williams on her talk show in June 2015. Anne Wermiel/NY Post

They also claimed that they had Williams’ “consent, cooperation and participation” in making the documentary before she was diagnosed with dementia and before she had a guardian.

In the lawsuit, Morrissey and the defendants called for a trial that they say will last two to four weeks.

The Post has reached out to Williams’ representative for comment.

Morrissey filed a lawsuit against the documentary back in September, claiming that Williams was “very vulnerable and clearly incapable of consenting to being recorded, let alone being humiliated and exploited.”

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Williams in New York City in 2023. WireImage

In response, the defendants filed counterclaims against Morrissey in the case, which is now being heard in federal court.

Before the Lifetime documentary came out, Williams’ family told People that the “Think Like A Man Too” star was in a nursing facility. Her loved ones also claimed they could only speak to her if she called them.

Wendy Williams thewendyexperiencepodcast/Instagram

From 2008 to 2022, Williams hosted The Wendy Williams Show.

In addition to aphasia and dementia diagnoses, Williams has dealt with a variety of other health issues, including Graves’ disease and lymphedema. She also struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction.

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