Wendy Williams’ long-running legal fight over her controversial documentary has reached a major turning point. New court filings show her court-appointed guardian has settled the lawsuit against A&E Television Networks and the companies behind the docuseries.
The agreement ends one chapter of a closely watched court battle. It does not, however, end the broader debate surrounding Williams’ guardianship.
Wendy Williams’ guardian takes a significant step in the A&E documentary case
According to TMZ, Wendy’s guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, reached a settlement with A&E Television Networks and agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. Court documents stated that both sides resolved all outstanding issues, bringing the case to a close.
The legal dispute began before Where Is Wendy Williams? premiered in 2024. Morrissey tried to stop the documentary from airing and later sought damages. According to the publication, she argued that Williams faced “very serious medical issues” that left her “effectively incapacitated.” She also claimed A&E never should have filmed the former daytime star. The network rejected those allegations.
Rolling Stone reported that Morrissey later expanded the lawsuit against Lifetime, A&E, and the documentary’s producers. The amended complaint claimed they created the series “without a valid contract” while Williams was “highly vulnerable and clearly incapable of consenting to being filmed, much less humiliated and exploited.”
The complaint also accused A&E of “willfully taking advantage of a severely impaired, incapacitated person” while earning “millions” from the project. According to the publication, the filing claimed Williams received only $82,000 and asked the court to award her all profits from the documentary because she would need significant financial support for future medical care.
The lawsuit further alleged producers presented Williams with a contract only after filming her while she appeared “clearly disheveled, not mentally present, and confused.”
The complaint added, “No person who witnessed W.W.H. in these circumstances could possibly have believed she was capable of consenting either to an agreement to film or to the filming itself,” according to the outlet.
Just days before the documentary debuted, Williams’ care team announced diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Despite that, Williams has repeatedly challenged claims that she lacks mental capacity.
During a March 2025 appearance on The View, she said, “I’m a college-educated woman… I need them to get off my neck.” She later echoed similar frustrations during interviews on The Breakfast Club and Good Day New York.
Rolling Stone also reported that representatives for Williams and A&E did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Reported by Vanshika Vasundhare Singh on Reality Tea.
