Former TV host Wendy Williams and her ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, have filed a $250 million federal lawsuit in New York, seeking to terminate the court-ordered guardianship that has been in place for Williams since 2022.
The suit, filed on Tuesday, names Williams’ court-appointed guardian Sabrina Morrissey, Wells Fargo Bank, former financial adviser Lori Schiller, ex-manager Bernie Young, and others.
Hunter, who was married to Williams for 21 years, alleges the guardianship has become a tool of control rather than protection, claiming it serves “no therapeutic purpose” and amounts to “punishment—pure and simple.”
The legal documents claim that Williams, 59 — who has been diagnosed with Graves’ disease, frontotemporal dementia, and progressive aphasia — is competent to manage her own affairs. The suit states she passed a competency evaluation in March 2025 and has been described as “alert and oriented” by medical professionals during welfare checks.
Despite this, Williams remains confined at Coterie, a luxury assisted living facility in New York, under what the suit describes as “fraudulent bondage” with limited access to her phone and family.
The lawsuit accuses her guardians of overmedication, financial exploitation, and neglect, alleging that tens of thousands of dollars were spent without her consent. It also faults Wells Fargo for allowing unauthorized fund transfers and claims that her outstanding obligations are being ignored.
Williams reportedly entered the guardianship voluntarily after Wells Fargo froze her accounts in early 2022, citing “suspicious activity” — but Hunter now argues this was done under financial and emotional duress, following their divorce and her personal struggles.
As of now, the defendants, including Morrissey and Wells Fargo, have not publicly responded to the allegations.
Williams remains at Coterie despite the claims that she has the capacity to live independently.
