New lawsuits claim Wendy Williams‘ guardian Sabrina Morrissey “isolated” the daytime TV star and “failed to protect her amid her ongoing health issues.
According to a new report from the US Sun, lawsuits were filed against Morrissey by Lifetime and A&E, along with the Creature Films production company and its president Mark Ford, and another suit by a second production company, Entertainment One. Those companies and interests were involved in the Lifetime docuseries Where Is Wendy Williams?, and now, they want answers in court.
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Per that outlet, Lifetime et al hit out at Morrissey for trying to stop the docuseries from being released earlier this year and thus “inhibiting and interfering with the exercise of free speech rights regarding an issue of public concern by [Lifetime].”
Per Ford and the others who filed the suit, the docuseries was intended to capture “a raw, honest, and unfiltered window into the life of [Wendy], a well-known public figure, after she was placed under guardianship.” And specifically, it was meant to show how Morrissey’s guardianship was preventing Wendy from living a healthier life with family and loved ones nearby, by instead keeping the daytime TV talk show host “isolated” from those around her:
“[Morrissey] isolated her from her family, left her largely alone and unattended in her apartment, exacerbated her self-destructive behavior and mental decline, and failed to prevent her use and/or abuse of alcohol.”
The suit went on to add that Sabrina also supposedly tried to sabotage the series because it made her look bad:
“Thus, it appears that Morrisey is misusing her position as a guardian of [Wendy] to silence criticism of her controversial and failed administration of [Wendy’s] guardianship.”
FWIW, Lifetime further claims that Wendy’s own family “saw the documentary before it aired, in early February 2024,” and that they specifically “approved its content and supported its release.” So, to hear these plaintiffs tell it, Morrissey alone was the one trying to hold up production and avoid light being shed on the daytime TV talker’s current state.
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The court filings go on from there. Specifically, Entertainment One’s legal claim is that Morrissey denied Wendy “perhaps one of her last chances to exercise her autonomy and honestly reach her fans in exactly the frank and unfiltered manner that was the hallmark of her career.” And the guardian supposedly did that “all in an effort to prioritize [Morrissey’s] own reputation, and deflect scrutiny of her own inaction and indifference” to William’s declining health status amid ongoing battles with dementia and primary progress aphasia.
Yikes…
In the end, Entertainment One says they paid Wendy “approximately $400,000 for her participation” in the series. But once Sabrina saw the series and the way it was angled, she supposedly realized that it “would raise questions about [Wendy’s] care and treatment under the guardianship.” And thus, that would make Morrissey’s “own conduct the subject of scrutiny,” hence her prior February push for a temporary restraining order against allowing the series to be released.
BTW, Creature Films and Ford also claim they did NOT rake in “anywhere near ‘millions’ of dollars in profits” on the series as Morrissey had previously asserted. And yet all parties involved — Lifetime, A&E, Creature Films, Entertainment One, and Ford himself — are now seeking to recoup costs and attorney’s fees form Morrissey, along with unspecific other damages, according to the US Sun‘s reporting. That outlet also notes there may be further amended complaints and/or countersuits filed from here. So, it sounds like this legal drama is FAR from over.
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