When was Wendy Williams placed under guardianship? Court upholds conservatorship ruling following medical examination

Wendy Williams was placed under a financial guardianship In 2022, when Wells Fargo alleged she was an “incapacitated person” and the “victim of undue influence,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Williams opposed the claim, insisting she was “absolutely” of sound mind following treatment for Graves’ disease and thyroid complications.

The court proceedings also saw her former manager, Bernie Young , who had been dismissed by Williams, seek appointment as her guardian, a step she claimed involved the improper use of her funds. Later, it emerged that the financial exploitation at the core of the case was tied to purchases made by her son, Kevin Hunter Jr.

Wendy Williams’ guardianship extended following completion of medical exam

Wendy Williams’ court-appointed guardianship remained in place following the completion of her recent medical evaluation. According to legal documents obtained by People, the assessment involved:

“significant number of tests (both medical and neuropsychological) and scans (including brain imaging).”

Doctors have since reached an “opinion” on the television host’s neurological condition, though the paperwork did not specify the exact diagnosis.

Sources told People that Williams had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and aphasia, conditions first identified in 2023. In the filing, an attorney representing Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, asked the court to extend the guardianship for another three months, through November 5. The attorney also wrote that “complications have arisen” as members of Williams’ family, her ex-husband, and others, through their legal representatives, signaled plans to challenge both the guardianship and Morrissey’s role as guardian.

Five months after hospitalization, Wendy Williams urges court to consider independent evaluation

The latest court update came five months after Wendy Williams was removed from her assisted living facility and hospitalized by the New York Police Department on March 10. The following day, she phoned Good Day New York, telling host Rosanna Scotto that she had undergone mental competency tests in the wake of her 2023 dementia diagnosis and claimed she was “cognitively impaired.”

According to FOX 5, Williams had reached out to Scotto from the hospital amid reports she “feels like a prisoner” in the facility, and was seeking to end her guardianship. During the call, she said she had passed the evaluation “with flying colors.”

Joining her on the line was her friend Gina, who Williams told Scotto “can elaborate on everything, and I’ll just cosign.” Gina added,

“She had those tests, she’s been deemed she is not incapacitated.”

When Scotto asked Williams whether she distrusted the court’s testing process and wanted an independent evaluation, Williams replied,

“Absolutely. I wanted independently tested. And, and that is what I want and that is what I got.”

Scotto then turned to Gina, asking if the results could be presented to the judge to end the guardianship. “Absolutely,” Gina said. She elaborated:

“These independent results, this is from a hospital, a very well known hospital. It’s independent. It’s factual. I would be very disappointed, and I would be very concerned, if the judge has an issue with those tests.”

Williams also told Scotto she was “not allowed” to go outside, describing her placement on the fifth-floor memory unit where, she said, other residents “don’t remember anything.” She explained she could only reach the gym on the third floor if accompanied by staff.

“In terms of getting out of guardianship, that is my number one, number one most important thing,” she shared.

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The Hollywood Reporter stated that a court was set to determine by November whether Wendy Williams should remain under guardianship. Ahead of the 2024 airing of Where Is Wendy Williams?, her representatives confirmed she had been diagnosed with dementia and primary progressive aphasia, which hinders language understanding.

The film, produced over the span of a year, documented her worsening health and ongoing addiction struggles. A subsequent lawsuit targeted A+E Networks, Lifetime’s parent company, alleging Williams lacked the legal and mental capacity to give valid consent for the documentary.

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