Thursday, June 19, 2025 - Wendy Williams and her ex-husband filed a $250 million lawsuit seeking to end her guardianship on Tuesday, June 17.
Kevin Hunter, who was married to the talk show star for 21
years until their divorce in 2020, filed the federal suit in New
York saying the guardianship “has become a weapon, not a shield.”
The suit is against Williams’ legal guardian, Sabrina
Morrissey, who was appointed by a New York judge, Wells Fargo bank — who
first raised the alarm that Williams may be in trouble in 2022 — her one-time
financial advisor Lori Schiller and her ex-manager Bernie Young, as well as a
list of other defendants.
The lawsuit, which uses Wendy Williams’ married name,
Hunter, stated: “Ms. Hunter, [is] being abused, neglected, and defrauded under
the care of court-appointed guardians.
“The guardianship … serves no therapeutic purpose, no
protective function. It is punishment—pure and simple.
“Currently, Ms. Hunter is being confined against her will at
one of Coterie’s assisted living facilities with restricted access to her own
phone and meaningful contact with her friends and family.”
Williams voluntarily entered into the
guardianship in 2022 shortly after Wells Fargo bank froze her accounts in
January 2022 due to “suspicious activity” and sent a letter to the courts
recommending a guardianship.
But Kevin Hunter, 52, claims in the court papers that Wendy
Williams – who has been diagnosed with Graves disease, frontal temporal
dementia and progressive aphasia – is competent to make her own decisions, but
her guardians are ignoring medical advice and keeping her in “fraudulent
bondage.”
The lawsuit claims Williams has been “subjected to
overmedication and undue restrictions of her person,” and remains in care
“despite Ms. Hunter passing a competency evaluation in or around March 2025 and
being described by healthcare professionals as alert and oriented during
welfare checks.”
The lawsuit then notes none of the people looking after
Williams have applied to revoke the guardianship.
The suit also describes how Williams spiraled after her
divorce from Hunter – who had already started a family with another woman at
the time – and was “left to navigate complex financial and medical matters
without Mr. Hunter’s experienced oversight.”
It then accuses Schiller and Young of exploiting Williams’ “trust and financial
resources,” and spending tens of thousands of her money without her
knowledge.
It also claims Williams was “coerced” into the guardianship
“under immense financial duress and emotional strain.”
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