National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse: FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Wendy Williams’ lawyer to ‘file petition to terminate guardianship’ after struggling star claims she’s ‘in a prison’

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Wendy Williams’ lawyer to ‘file petition to terminate guardianship’ after struggling star claims she’s ‘in a prison’

The star insists she is not 'cognitively impaired'

by Jessica Finn

The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal that Wendy Williams' attorney is filing a petition to terminate the star's guardianshipCredit: Lifetime

WENDY Williams' attorney is set to file a petition to terminate her guardianship after the ex-TV host claimed she's "in a prison."

A source close to Wendy, 60, told The U.S. Sun that a filing is expected this week that could potentially free the star from her very restrictive guardianship.

"A petition to terminate Wendy's guardianship is about to be filed by her court-appointed personal attorney after it was drafted last week," a source told The U.S. Sun.

The insider said there is just one step before the significant petition gets filed into New York's Surrogate Court, where guardianships are litigated.

"It's going to be filed into court as soon as Wendy signs off on it, which should be any moment now if it hasn't been signed already," the source continued.

Wendy had two court-appointed attorneys as her co-counsel since the beginning of her guardianship, which was put in place in March 2022, as The U.S. Sun exclusively reported at the time.

The former The Wendy Williams Show host told Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club last week that she fired her attorney Linda Redlisky, after the lawyer allegedly failed to file paperwork to get a trial about whether the guardianship was necessary.

It appears her remaining attorney has taken up the star's latest request.

The insider assured The U.S. Sun that "WWH is in very good hands here."

The iconic host is referred to as WWH for Wendy Williams Hunter within the guardianship case.

The petition set to be filed is in stark contrast with the latest filing on behalf of Wendy's guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, in the dispute filed against Lifetime for the Where is Wendy Williams? docuseries.

In that filing, Wendy's guardian said they would re-evaluate the extent of her guardianship after the star said she did not want to litigate against Lifetime, calling the suit "blood money."

That filing, submitted to the court last week, requests a stay in the Lifetime matter pending a review in which Wendy will "undergo a new medical evaluation that will involve comprehensive neurological and psychological testing by a specialist in the field."

Despite the seemingly good-faith effort to reevaluate Wendy's cognitive ability to decide whether or not the lawsuit against Lifetime should go forward, the filing ends on a fairly ominous note.

"The Guardian has no interest in pursuing litigation in the extremely unlikely event that the new medical examination finds that W.W.H. somehow now has the mental capacity to direct the A&E matter."

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Wendy's guardian and her former guardianship co-council for comment.

WENDY BREAKS HER SILENCE

Last month the star broke her long silence since vanishing from the public eye in March 2023.

She did several interviews slamming her guardian and begged for her freedom from the New York City medical facility she is currently held in.

Wendy told The Breakfast Club, "I am not cognitively impaired."

"But I feel like I am in prison. I'm in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s," she continued.

"For the last three years, I have been caught up in the system. This has been three years. I'm caught up in this system," she said, referring to the beginning of her guardianship back in 2022.

During that interview, she burst into tears and accused her guardian of "emotional abuse."

'PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED'

Wendy's guardian Sabrina Morrissey's legal team labeled the star "permanently incapacitated" in court documents filed into the Lifetime lawsuit, first exclusively revealed by The U.S. Sun.

In the scathing interviews about her guardianship, Wendy asked The Breakfast Club hosts, as well as subsequent interviews with Don Lemon and Jason Lee of Hollywood Unlocked, "Do I sound incapacitated to you?"

Wendy lost her wildly popular daytime talk show after a series of personal problems that saw her absent for the entirety of the final season in 2022.

Wendy's guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, recently submitted a filing in a case against Lifetime calling any changes to the star's guardianship "extremely unlikely"Credit: News Enterprises Inc.

Wendy broke her silence in several scathing interviews recently calling the medical facility she is in a 'luxury prison' and slammed her guardian for 'emotional abuse'Credit: AP