Wendy Williams has taken the following step in her battle for freedom.
The previous discuss present host, 60, signed an affidavit on Wednesday afternoon asking a decide to finish her guardianship, in accordance with TMZ.
Sources advised the outlet that Williams claimed she “regained [the] capacity” to perform with out her court-ordered guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, who has been in command of her well-being and funds since 2022.
Insiders additionally shared that she’s going to allegedly be re-evaluated by a health care provider subsequent Tuesday, including the doctor was handpicked by Williams’ authorized workforce, whom she employed to finish her guardianship.
Her legal professionals will then allegedly file an emergency order to power the decide to look into ending the years-long guardianship.
Williams’ attorneys reportedly have already got a plan in place if the decide turns down the request, with sources telling TMZ that Wendy will demand a jury trial to listen to her plea.
The Submit has reached out to Williams’ legal professionals, with one declining to remark. The opposite didn’t reply to our request.
The information comes after the outlet dropped its newest documentary titled “TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy,” which is now accessible on Tubi.
Williams has been residing in a New York facility, which she mentioned is extra like a “prison.”
Within the doc, the beloved former “Wendy Williams Show” host claimed she’s solely been exterior twice up to now 30 days.
“No, no. I am not allowed to go out. I can call you, but you can’t call me,” she advised Harvey Levin. “In the last 30 days I went out twice.”
Williams isn’t allowed to have guests on the facility, so the interview was performed over the telephone. TMZ filmed Williams from the sidewalk beneath as she stood searching of her fifth-story window.
She additionally charged that the system has failed her, arguing that she isn’t “cognitively impaired” whereas making it clear: “I want my freedom back.”
“This system has failed from top to bottom regarding this guardian and everybody involved with that,” Williams mentioned within the doc.
Earlier this month, Williams’ guardian knowledgeable a decide that she’d be open to having the star endure a brand new medical analysis in mild of Wendy’s claims that she isn’t affected by dementia regardless of being identified by docs at Weill Cornell Medical Heart.
Williams just lately make clear life inside the ability, telling Charlamagne tha God on Jan. 16, “My life is f–ked up.”
She added, “I feel like I’m in prison. I’m definitely isolated. I keep the door closed, I watch TV, listen to the radio and look out the window. Sit here as my life goes by.”
