Wendy Williams' ex-husband Kevin Hunter files lawsuit in bid to end her guardianship
Wendy Williams' former husband Kevin Hunter has filed a $250 million lawsuit against those who have facilitated the guardianship she has been living under for the past three years.
Wendy Williams' former husband Kevin Hunter has filed a $250 million lawsuit against those who have facilitated her guardianship.
Court documents obtained by People show that Hunter, who was married to the presenter from 1999 until 2020, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday (17.06.25) demanding a jury trial and naming 48 defendants who he claims have violated her constitutional rights.
Amongst those named in the legal papers are her legal guardian Sabrina Morrissey, the judge presiding over her guardianship Lisa Sokoloff, Wells Fargo, her assisted living facility and several lawyers.
The complaint states: "Guardianship is a civil death. In New York, more than 28,000 adults, which includes (Williams), are being abused, neglected, and defrauded under the care of court-appointed guardians."
The Wendy Williams Show host was placed under a legal guardianship in 2022 before it was revealed the following year that she had been diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
LaShawn Thomas, the attorney who filed the lawsuit, acknowledged that Wendy is "not legally aware of all the evidence that supports our claims that she should not be forced to suffer from this guardianship".
The statement to People read: "I plan on laying out sufficient evidence to support our claims and ensure that her rights are vindicated and she is made whole financially."
Hunter's lawsuit is not looking for an end to the former broadcaster's guardianship but his requests include a "new impartial guardian", the unsealing of her case's files, her release from "involuntary confinement", a full forensic accounting and $250 million in relief for financial loss, repetitional damage, emotional distress, legal costs and the deprivation of Wendy's liberty.
Kevin has been named as a co-plaintiff in the case and wants to be appointed as Williams' "next friend" - a party who can legally act "on behalf of an individual unable to assert their own rights and when no guardian is acting in their best interests".
Wendy has repeatedly bemoaned the living restrictions she has been placed under in the guardianship and described them as "suffocating" during an interview earlier this year.
The 60-year-old former talk show host told NewsNation's Banfield: "Well, I don’t have the freedom to do virtually anything. As far as where I am, I’m on the fifth floor. They call it ‘the memory unit’, so it’s for people who don’t remember anything."
She continued: "I’ve met the people who live here and I’ve been here for almost a year now, and this is very suffocating."
