Wendy Williams hires ex-husband Kevin Hunter’s legal team to represent her in bank lawsuit despite their nasty divorce
WENDY Williams has hired her ex-husband Kevin Hunter’s attorney to represent her in her legal battle with Wells Fargo bank, The Sun can exclusively report. Wendy filed for divorce from her “serial cheater” husband of more than 20 years in 2019, after she infamously learned he was expecting a baby with another woman. The Sun […]
WENDY Williams has hired her ex-husband Kevin Hunter’s attorney to represent her in her legal battle with Wells Fargo bank, The Sun can exclusively report.
Wendy filed for divorce from her “serial cheater” husband of more than 20 years in 2019, after she infamously learned he was expecting a baby with another woman.
The Sun can reveal that the law firm handling Wendy’s case against Wells Fargo is the same firm that represents Kevin’s businesses, including Hunter Publishing and his entertainment group, Head Hunter Productions.
Lashan Thomas of Miami Entertainment Law Group is working with Wendy in her lawsuit against her bank to regain access to the alleged millions of dollars in her accounts.
Wendy’s legal team has claimed that her accounts were frozen following the bank’s concerns that the TV host was the victim of “exploitation, dementia or undue influence.”
Thomas confirmed to The Sun she is currently the general counsel for Kevin’s businesses but insisted the matters she’s handling for the exes are completely separate and unrelated.
The Florida attorney also mentioned she previously represented Wendy Inc, the production company Wendy and Kevin founded together in 2013.
Wendy gained control of Wendy Inc as part of her divorce settlement agreement, though Lashan claimed she continued to work with Wendy after the couple’s divorce as well.
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“I’m not representing Wendy and Kevin in an adversarial proceeding,” Lashan told The Sun, before adding “and Kevin is not that kind of guy.”
“Whatever is going on with Wendy, I don’t disclose to him. I believe in protecting the attorney-client privilege.”
The attorney insisted the relationship between Wendy and her ex-husband is now good.
“People think that they don’t get along with each other, which is not true,” she said.
However, just last year Wendy lashed out at her ex, calling him a “serial cheater” while expressing hope that her Lifetime biopic would help her get “revenge” against him.
“When I’m going to get rid of you, when I’m going exact revenge, it’s going to be long, swift, twisted, rusty knife,” she said in early 2021.
After likening the Lifetime biopic to the blade of the knife, Wendy said: “I hope that after he watches with his girl, I hope that he alone wishes he’d never met me. I hope he regrets the day he ever met me.”
Wendy’s attorney also pushed back against allegations made by Wells Fargo that her client is “of unsound mind,” telling The Sun that Wendy is “looking really good.”
“Wendy is getting hair done, she has a personal trainer that she’s working with and she’s doing well.
“It’s been good for her to have a change of scenery in Florida, and it’s good for her son to be by her side. That always lights up any parents’ life.”
PAYING WENDY’S BILLS
The contentious battle over access to Wendy’s Wells Fargo accounts started earlier this month when the Miami Entertainment Law Group filed an emergency injunction for Wendy to regain access to her accounts.
The attorney for Wendy argued that the ailing host was missing payments to creditors.
The bank has asked to have a guardianship hearing and has since filed that they are willing to allow payments to go out if Wendy’s representatives give them the go-ahead.
In an exclusive statement given to The Sun, Wells Fargo said its “priority is the financial well-being of Ms. Williams and the preservation of her privacy.
“As we have expressed to the court, Wells Fargo is open to working with Ms. Williams’ counsel to release funds directly to her creditors for bills historically and regularly paid from her accounts.”
It is unclear if the law firm representing Wendy has given approval to Wells Fargo for those payments to be made.
BATTLE WITH THE BANK
In the initial filing on behalf of Wendy in trying to re-open the frozen accounts, Miami Entertainment Law Group said that the host’s financial advisor had allegedly alerted the bank that Wendy appeared to be “of unsound mind,” and the bank further believed she was the victim of “exploitation, dementia or undue influence.”
Wells Fargo responded to Wendy’s team, and told the court that they have filed a petition for a guardianship hearing, “concerning the client’s capacity.”
The bank’s attorney further alleged, “Wells Fargo has strong reason to believe that the petitioner is the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.”
The bank’s response also claimed that Wendy has been a client of the financial advisor for the past 15 years and that her financial advisor has an “unblemished record in 23 years in the industry.”
In their determination to freeze Wendy’s accounts, Wells Fargo claimed they relied on reports of the financial advisor, “who has recently witnessed tell-tale signs of exploitation, including the petitioner’s own expressed apprehension.”
‘IRREPARABLE FINANCIAL HARM’
As The Sun previously exclusively reported, Wendy said she has been frozen out of her accounts containing millions of dollars for over two weeks.
The host of The Wendy Williams Show – who has not appeared on the daytime series in several months as she suffers from multiple health problems– said in the lawsuit’s latest filings that her frozen accounts have caused her “irreparable financial harm.”
Wendy and her representatives claimed that Wells Fargo had told them they would be given a ruling after she provided them with a “properly executed, witnessed, and notarized Power of Attorney and signed letter of representation.”
A power of attorney gives a designated individual the right to make decisions about another person’s property, finances, or medical care when the person is unable to do so.
The court papers do not specify who is authorized to act on her behalf or what powers were assigned to that person.
The legal battle with Wells Fargo has emerged as the ailing talk show host’s show has found a “permanent guest host” with fan-favorite Sherri Shepherd, 54.
After a rotating roster of guest hosts, TMZ first reported that Sherri will be a permanent replacement barring a recovery and potential return from Wendy.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH WENDY?
As The Sun previously reported, the daytime presenter has been battling a health crisis for some time.
Sources said the once witty, sharp host of The Wendy Williams Show isn’t the same as she used to be as she battles multiple medical problems.
A source close to the show told The Sun: “The spark is gone. That Wendy, who for ten years had that spark in her eyes, that cheeky grin and that little wink is not the same now.”
The insider added some days are better than others for the once feisty daytime diva.
“She’s not always functioning like she used to be. She has days where she needs help eating, getting out of bed and getting dressed.”
Even more heartbreaking, the source added, she doesn’t always recognize people whom she’s known for years.
“There are people who Wendy knows, who have worked closely with her, and there are days that she has no idea who they are.”
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