Wendy Williams does not have frontotemporal dementia, a top neurologist says.
Sources tell TMZ that the former talk show host has completed a series of tests issued by a New York City-based doctor.
The findings contradict previous tests that determined she had frontotemporal dementia, the Mayo Clinic said. Frontotemporal dementia is a group of brain diseases that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes, which are associated with personality, behavior, and language.
The paper said new results from the neurologist were sent to Williams’ legal team late last month.
TMZ reports that Williams’ attorneys have filed legal documents in court and hope the new results will influence a judge to end the former radio host’s guardianship.
Page Six reached out to Williams’ attorney for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
In February 2024, the former “Wendy Williams Show” host’s team announced that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia.
Williams, who also battles Graves’ disease and lymphedema, underwent tests in 2023 after her memory began to decline.
She became “speechless” and began exhibiting “erratic behavior,” according to a press release.
At the time of her diagnosis, the 61-year-old “Dancing with the Stars” alum was in an undisclosed treatment center, but her family claims they were unable to contact her.
In 2022, Williams was placed under court-ordered conservatorship after her bank, Wells Fargo, sent a letter to New York State Supreme Court Justice Arlene Bruce requesting a hearing regarding her welfare.
Lawyers for the financial institution wrote that there was “strong reason to believe” that Mr. Williams was a “victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.”
In June, Williams’ second ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, filed a $250 million lawsuit seeking to end the conservatorship.
In the lawsuit, the TV producer, 53, claimed that the conservatorship under Sabrina Morrissey “became a weapon, not a shield.”
“Mr. Hunter has been abused, neglected, and defrauded under the care of a court-appointed conservator. A conservatorship… has no therapeutic or protective function. It is punitive, pure and simple,” court documents say.
Hunter also claimed in the lawsuit that his ex-wife is being “confined against her will in one of Cotlier’s assisted living facilities, with limited access to her phone and meaningful contact with friends and family.”
