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Neurologist Says Wendy Williams Does Not Have Frontotemporal Dementia, Setting Up Guardianship Challenge

Her lawyers plan to petition within two weeks to end the New York guardianship based on the new evaluation.

Overview

  • Results from a recent battery of tests in New York were delivered to Williams’ legal team late last month, according to multiple reports.
  • The new medical opinion contradicts earlier assessments that underpinned court control, and experts note frontotemporal dementia is typically degenerative.
  • Williams’ attorneys will ask a judge to terminate the guardianship, and if rejected, lawyer Joe Tacopina plans to seek a jury trial.
  • Williams has been under court-ordered supervision since 2022 after Wells Fargo alerted the court to concerns about undue influence and exploitation.
  • Lawyers for guardian Sabrina E. Morrissey previously cited extensive medical and neuropsychological testing and brain imaging to support findings of incapacity.