FREE Wendy Williams! Judge's "Threats" After Star's Boozy Lunch
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Wendy Williams says she feels like she is in prison as she fights to end her court-appointed guardianship.
Almost on cue, she may have proven her point when Coterie, the assisted living facility where she resides on the fifth floor, called police, claiming her niece, Alex Finnie, had kidnapped her.
According to the report Coterie filed with the NYPD, Finnie evaded staff and took Williams out to eat at an Italian restaurant.
After police were called, Williams and Finnie cited the incident as an example of how restrictive the guardianship has allegedly become. Speaking to paparazzi outside Coterie, Finnie noted that Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, claims Williams can come and go freely and that no family visits are blocked. Finnie questioned that statement, pointing out that staff escorted Williams to the elevator, yet Coterie still called police. Williams told the interviewer, “Clearly, they are lying to me when they say I can go out and do what I want to do.”
Williams claims she can only leave the facility’s fifth-floor memory unit with permission and an attendant to unlock the elevator.
This week, a judge approved an emergency petition filed by Williams’ attorney to move her from what she calls a “luxury prison” to a less restrictive environment. Judge Lisa Sokoloff approved the request, and Williams will relocate to a private condo where she will have more freedom to come and go and receive visitors.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Elizabeth J. McInturff - Attorney Specializing in Guardianship Issues / Partner at Selzer Gurvitch; LinkedIn @elizabethmcinturff, Facebook @elizabeth.mcinturff.12
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker,” and featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Ashley Wardlow - Private Investigator and Chief Operations Officers at Nathans Investigations; IG: @miamiprivateinvestigators, FB: nathansinvestigations
- Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast --- launching on April 7th, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
- Jessica Finn - Senior Investigative Reporter at The U.S. Sun; jessicafinnnyc (Twitter/ IG) @jessicafinn.bsky.social
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:05.7 | Free Wendy Williams. |
| 0:09.1 | This after a judge's threats on Wendy, who she thinks she is threatening Wendy Williams after Wendy's boozy lunch out? |
| 0:20.3 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:25.1 | Wendy Williams celebrates a victory in her controversial guardianship battle as a judge |
| 0:29.8 | reportedly allows the ex-talk show host queen to move from a senior living facility. |
| 0:37.2 | Living facility, my rear end, it was more like a prison. |
| 0:41.2 | Wendy had stated over and over. |
| 0:42.8 | She's surrounded by 70, 80, and 90-year-olds. |
| 0:46.1 | No offense, but that is not Wendy Williams style. |
| 0:50.0 | And I don't like the way this judge is talking down to Wendy Williams. |
| 0:56.9 | Uh-uh. |
| 0:58.0 | N-oh. |
| 0:59.1 | You know, a little power is a dangerous thing, Judge. |
| 1:04.9 | Listen to this. |
| 1:06.0 | Photographers frequently crowd below Wendy Williams window at Cotery Hudson Yards, |
| 1:10.3 | where the 60-year-old resides |
| 1:11.9 | in the memory care unit. One such photographer watches as Williams throws a scrap of paper |
| 1:17.1 | from her window. Scribbled on the note, help Wendy. The paparazzi calls for a welfare check, |
| 1:23.1 | and hours later, NYPD officers escort Williams out of the facility into a waiting ambulance. |
| 1:29.0 | Where I live at this memory unit on this floor, you know, I just needed a breath of fresh air. |
| 1:37.3 | You know what I'm saying? I needed to see the doctors. So that's why I went to the hospital. |
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