The Wendy Williams saga continues. Her representatives declare she was solely paid $82,000 for the controversial documentary on her life.
As noticed on Huffington Publish the media mogul’s caretakers are taking motion in opposition to the manufacturing firm who developed the Lifetime collection The place Is Wendy Williams?. Launched earlier this 12 months the 4 half mission gave her followers a behind the scenes look into the rollercoaster lifetime of the previous discuss present host. The footage confirmed that the Ocean Township, New Jersey native was coping with psychological well being points, alcohol abuse in addition to being positioned beneath guardianship. In the end a big portion of her fanbase felt that the documentary confirmed her in a poor mild.
Earlier this week Wendy Williams’ authorized staff filed a swimsuit in opposition to the state the procedures alleging they “viciously and shamelessly exploited” her and depicted her “in a extremely demeaning and embarrassing method. In line with court docket paperwork she was solely paid $82,000 for her participation and her rights. “It is a paltry sum for using extremely invasive, humiliating footage that portrayed her within the complicated throes of dementia, whereas Defendants, who’ve profited on the streaming of the Program have possible already earned thousands and thousands,” the submitting reads. “As our criticism reveals in painful and excruciating element, A&E, Lifetime and Mark Ford viciously and shamelessly exploited Wendy Williams for their very own revenue whereas she was clearly incapacitated and affected by dementia,” stated Kaplan Martin LLP and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in an unique assertion.
In flip her staff is searching for the manufacturing firm to forfeit all earnings on the mission to cowl her medical bills. The defendants have but to formally reply.
