Wendy Williams Denies Needing A Guardianship
Bank Battle: Wendy Williams Denies Wells Fargo’s ‘Incapacitated’ Claims Amid Allegations She Needs A Guardianship
Amid reports that her talk show is planning to announce Sherri Shepherd as the new host, Wendy Williams is clapping back at a financial institution’s claims that she’s “an incapacitated person.”
PageSix reports that Williams’ attorney Celeste N. McCaw filed an emergency petition last Friday claiming Wells Fargo had “for more than two weeks” denied the TV host, 57, access to her “accounts, assets and statements.”
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This comes after Williams’ former financial adviser Lori Schiller told Wells Fargo that Wendy “was of unsound mind” and the bank further believed she was the victim of “exploitation, dementia or undue influence.”
PageSix adds that based on Schiller’s advisement, Wells Fargo’s team suggested a guardianship proceeding “concerning the client’s capacity” that they would keep sealed, as they would like “to preserve the confidential interests of the alleged incapacitated person.” The bank also claimed that Wendy has been a client of the financial advisor for the past 15 years and that her financial advisor has an “unblemished record in 23 years in the industry.”
Now Wendy and her lawyer have fired back and noted that Williams fired Schiller as her adviser due to alleged “malfeasance” involving her accounts as well as “improper conduct in relation to their professional relationship.”
In a statement sent to BOSSIP, Wendy’s counsel LaShawn Thomas, Esq. said that the radio vet “strenuously denies all allegations about her mental health and well-being.”
