WENDY Williams’ ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, has demanded their divorce be overturned and claimed she hid $48 million from him in their settlement.
According to court documents exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Kevin Hunter is petitioning the court to “vacate and set aside” their final divorce judgment “based on fraud, misrepresentation, and misconduct.”
In a Wells Fargo portfolio report from May 2019, when the couple divorced, submitted into the case by her guardian, Wendy appeared to have $7,319,032.15 in what is listed as her “total holdings.”
However, as The U.S. Sun previously reported, the former daytime TV host’s best friend, Regina Schell, submitted an affidavit into the divorce proceedings alleging that Wendy had a total of $55million in her accounts as of 2022.
‘DEFRAUDED’ IN DIVORCE
That’s where Kevin claims he was defrauded.
Citing Regina’s affidavit in his court filing, Kevin alleged the extra $48 million “was fraudulently concealed in the divorce.”
In her response filing, Wendy’s guardian, Sabrina Morrissey claimed that Kevin was aware of the various accounts Wendy held, and she addressed the affidavit filed by the host’s best friend claiming she had another $48 million in the bank.
“I cannot address what [Regina] thinks she saw or heard, what a third person thinks she heard, or what that third person may or may not have reported to [Regina],” Sabrina wrote in her filing on Wendy’s behalf.
“In his papers, [Kevin] affirmatively states that [Wendy] showed [Regina] her financial statements.
“[Kevin] was not there and has no personal knowledge of whether or not this interaction occurred.”
Wendy’s guardian argues that, at the time of the divorce, Kevin stated he “was fully satisfied and understood the process and had consulted with professionals to be fully aware of the assets and his rights with regard to such assets,” and that as such, “he has absolutely no case to reopen the divorce proceeding.”
$55 MILLION AFFIDAVIT
In an affidavit submitted to a New Jersey court over the summer and exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Wendy’s best friend of 44 years, Regina, claimed to have seen the star’s Wells Fargo bank statements.
Wendy Williams ‘had $55M in bank’ before guardian took over & told her she had ‘no money’ left, court docs claim
In the affidavit, the star’s friend said that in July 2022 she stayed with the former TV host in New York City for “an extended period.”
She said it was during that long visit that Wendy said she wanted to explore other financial avenues for her estate and “specifically a possible change with her current financial institution.”
“She also shared with me documents from Wells Fargo showing a cumulative balance of nearly $55 million,” Regina wrote.
Regina also claimed that in December of that year, Wendy invited her to a meeting with Bank of America.
Wendy Williams Alcohol-Related Brain Damage, Aphasia & Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnoses
By The U.S. Sun’s Senior Reporter Jessica Finn, who has reported on Wendy Williams for the past seven years.
As The U.S. Sun exclusively reported, Wendy Williams was diagnosed with alcohol-related brain damage in 2019 during a rehab stint in Florida.
An insider explained that a brain scan was done as part of Wendy’s rehab stay in Delray Beach.
A neurologist sat down with the star, her son, and her then-husband, Kevin Hunter Sr.
“The doctor explained to them that Wendy was suffering from alcohol-related brain damage.
“They told her that her alcohol abuse had done permanent damage to the layers in her brain,” the insider said.
“She was warned then and there that if she continued to drink, the damage would only get worse.”
In that meeting, they gave Wendy a devastating prognosis.
The doctors at the rehab foretold of the eventual decline of Wendy’s cognitive abilities, which have become apparent to those who have come in contact with the star in recent years.
“They told her that if she kept drinking she would continue to grow more forgetful, that she wouldn’t remember people’s names, and eventually, she could forget who people even were,” the source said.
After a comment call was sent to Wendy’s team, they released a statement saying Wendy had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in 2023.
“The decision to share this news was difficult and made after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia and support the thousands of others facing similar circumstances,” the statement read.
Regina said she was present during the entire presentation with senior advisors at Bank of America’s Private Banking Group, in which they outlined the “best products available” to the daytime TV host.
The friend said after the meeting, she, Wendy, and Wendy’s guardian Sabrina were all in the same vehicle on their way to a courthouse,
Days later, a dramatic turn took place and Wendy’s publicist claimed to have overheard a conversation between the host and her guardian, where Sabrina told her “there is no money in Wendy’s accounts.”
Regina submitted the affidavit in Wendy and Kevin’s divorce case.
Kevin continues to battle with Wendy’s guardian in court over payments from their martial settlement agreement ceasing after Wells Fargo froze Wendy’s accounts and her guardian, Sabrina, took over the star’s affairs.
Meanwhile, while the divorce case between Kevin and Wendy grows more contentious with her guardian representing her in a New Jersey court, there are also questions Kevin has posed about if the New York guardian is even allowed to be acting on the former host’s behalf in the Garden State.
WHO CAN REPRESENT WENDY?
As The U.S. Sun recently reported, Kevin has argued her New York-based guardian, Sabrina, is not allowed to represent Wendy in the New Jersey court.
The judge in the divorce case has given Wendy’s guardian 21 days to prove to the court that she has authority to represent Wendy in New Jersey.
The host’s bank, Wells Fargo, petitioned a New York court in early 2022 to hold a guardianship hearing for the star, citing concerns she was the victim of undue influence, dementia, and financial exploitation.
Wendy was placed under guardianship in March of 2022.
Meanwhile, she was also absent from her wildly popular daytime talk show, The Wendy Williams Show, for the entirety of its final season from 2021-2022.
Kevin has argued that Wendy’s guardian, who is a New York attorney and holds guardianship over Wendy in the state, is not licensed in New Jersey, where the divorce is held.
He also is arguing she is not a party to the divorce case and, therefore, shouldn’t be allowed to represent Wendy in court.
In a filing in July, Kevin argued that Wendy’s guardian is not an attorney barred in New Jersey, and he questioned her right to represent the former TV host.
He called Sabrina’s representation of Wendy “akin to practicing law without a license as she is neither a barred attorney, nor a Guardian appointed by a New Jersey Court,” in court filings.
He also took issue with Sabrina representing Wendy pro se, a legal term for representing oneself without a lawyer, because she is “not a party to the divorce and therefore should not be involved in this preceding.”
