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Wendy Williams' Rep Says She’s ‘Excited’ for Potential Guardianship End

Health care advocate Ginalisa Monterroso says the decision will be made by a ‘trial by jury.’

A close confidante of Wendy Williams thinks the media personality could soon see a release from her guardianship. 

Williams, 60, has recently been on a press run demanding the termination of her court-appointed guardianship, claiming that she’s mentally competent despite previously being alleged to have frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. On March 14, Williams called into “The View,” revealing she passed a hospital “capacity test” just days before.

Health care advocate Ginalisa Monterroso expressed support for Williams in a new “People” interview, sharing that the former radio and talk show host is “excited” for a jury to decide whether her guardianship will be concluded.

“This is something that she's been wanting to say, and she just can't wait to get her story out,” Monterroso told the outlet about Wendy being deemed mentally incapacitated. “And at the end of the day, she's going to have a trial by jury, and it will be the jury who will be making the decision.”

Monterroso added that Williams will receive another health assessment from “an independent neurologist” during the trial, which has not yet been scheduled. On March 10, Williams also contacted authorities and wrote a letter to Adult Protective Services, which launched a welfare check into her assisted living facility and led to her being transported to a hospital for a cognitive health evaluation. 

“It was just more of a strategic move to just kind of get more evidence, because this case has been stuck,” Monterroso said.

With Williams having “passed” the exams, Monterroso added that she was “alert and oriented.” Monterroso now hopes that Williams’ urgency in calling 9-1-1 will bring “awareness to the public that this is very serious and it is a crime to keep somebody isolated.” She also alleged that, unlike FTD, Williams temporarily had “alcohol dementia,” which is “reversible.”

During her time on “The View,” Williams spoke about being initially placed under guardianship for financial protection. "I didn't mind it at that time ... but at this point in my life, I want to terminate [the] guardianship and move on with my life, if that's possible at all."

She no longer wants a guardian, particularly her court-appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey. "It's been over three years, and it's time for my money and my life to get back to the status quo," Williams said on “The View.”

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