Overview
- On ABC’s Nightline, attorney Joe Tacopina said guardianship attorneys have told Williams she will be out of guardianship by Dec. 31, though no court order has been issued.
- Tacopina cited a recent evaluation by New York neurologist Dr. Samuel E. Gandy that found no frontotemporal dementia, and he suggested her past impairments may have been alcohol-related.
- He said that if the judge does not terminate the arrangement, his team will demand a jury trial to seek her release.
- Williams was placed under guardianship in 2022 after Wells Fargo raised concerns about undue influence, and the court appointed Sabrina Morrissey to oversee her finances and personal welfare.
- Morrissey’s attorney denies any wrongdoing, and a separate $250 million federal lawsuit by ex-husband Kevin Hunter remains active with defendants’ responses due in January.