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    Wendy Williams will be deposed in Lifetime documentary case despite dementia diagnosis: report

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    Wendy Williams is expected to be deposed in her Lifetime documentary case despite her frontotemporal dementia and aphasia diagnoses.

    The judge presiding over Williams’ case against Lifetime and its parent company, A&E, granted the network’s request to depose the former talk show host in a filing obtained by People on Tuesday.

    According to the outlet, Williams is expected to participate in a “de bene esse” deposition, which happens when a witness’ ability to testify later on might decline due to circumstances such as “age, health, fading memory.”

    The deposition must take place by Nov. 4 and won’t be longer than three hours.

    Wendy Williams will be deposed in her upcoming Lifetime documentary case despite her dementia and aphasia diagnoses. PCNY / BACKGRID
    A judge ruled participate in a “de bene esse” deposition, which occurs when a witness’ ability to testify later on might decline due to circumstances such as “age, health, fading memory.” Lifetime

    Williams, 61, will be allowed to testify remotely. Though, people are limited to no more than two attorneys on the case and one of Williams’ attorneys in her guardianship case to the room.

    She”ll also be expected to receive sufficient breaks and her testimony should not span longer than three days.

    While Williams’ current dementia diagnosis continues to confine her to her guardianship under her conservator Sabrina Morissey, the judge ruled that the former radio personality’s “condition does not insulate her from providing testimony in this case,” citing how the Federal Rules of Evidence “does not contain any requirement of mental ability.”

    The deposition must take place before Nov. 4, per court documents. Lifetime
    Williams’ guardian Sabrina Morissey filed the lawsuit against Lifetime for its “Where is Wendy Williams?” documentary in February 2024. Getty Images for SiriusXM

    “It will be up to the jury in this case to decide what weight to give to [Williams’] deposition testimony,” read the legal docs.

    A source told the outlet “the attorneys suing A&E said at a Sept. 5 hearing that the docuseries was so horrific that it could no longer be found on the air anywhere. Attorneys for A&E later admitted that they had taken the series down, claiming it was out of respect for the legal proceedings.”

    A rep for Williams did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

    At the time, Morrisey claimed that the network shot their film without obtaining prior approval from Williams’ guardian. Lifetime
    Morissey alleged in her complaint that Williams was not of sound mental capacity to approve of her own participation in the documentary. WireImage

    Williams first launched the lawsuit against the network in February 2024.

    Morissey, acting in her capacity as Williams’ legal guardian filed documents against the company claiming they shot their “Where is Wendy Williams?” documentary without first obtaining proper clearance from her guardian in an attempt to stop the film’s release.

    Morrissey alleged in the complaint that Williams did not have the legal or mental capacity to authorize her participation in the documentary at the time.

    Williams was first diagnosed with dementia and aphasia in February 2024. Getty Images for Diesel
    Despite reports claiming to have confirmed Williams’ diagnoses through additional rounds of testing, the former talk show host has maintained she is not cognitively impaired. Lifetime

    Williams has maintained that she is not cognitively impaired she continues her legal battle to free herself from her guardianship.

    The former talk show host recently underwent a second round of cognitive testing, which sources told People in August, that confirmed her previous dementia and aphasia diagnoses.

    However, Williams told Page Six that she and her attorneys were “highly upset” about the report regarding her health and emphatically vowed she “will get out of guardianship.“



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