Last weekend the "Where is Wendy Williams" documentary on Lifetime put a spotlight on Wendy's court ordered guardianship, her family's displeasure with the situation and their non-existent relationship with Wendy's court appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey [click here if you missed that].
Shockingly Wendy's guardian is currently being sued by another lawyer accusing her of putting his client an in an unnecessary guardianship...
From The Sun
WENDY Williams' guardian has been accused of a scheme to rob a client in a $30 million lawsuit while controlling the troubled host's finances.
The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal that Wendy's guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, her firm Morrissey & Morrissey LLP, and about 10 other attorneys were named as defendants in the lawsuit.
Morrissey and other attorneys were accused in the suit of conspiring to "perpetuate a baseless guardianship" against an individual, Jose Verdugo, in New York who had won $5.5 million in a personal injury claim.
The plaintiff in the case, attorney Michael Flomenhaft of The Flomenhaft Lawfirm, PLLC, represented Verdugo after he sustained head and back injuries from a construction accident.
Flomenhaft claimed that the trouble started around 2009, when a former associate of his, Herbert Rodriguez, Esq. at Schwartz Goldstone Campisi & Kates, LLP (SGCK), contacted his client.
The court documents alleged that Rodriguez misrepresented to Verdugo about Flomenhaft's handling of his case, and told him and his wife, who desperately needed the award money that his "case could not be finalized unless Verdugo consented to an MHL Article 81 Guardianship that Verdugo did not want or need."
That's where Wendy's guardian, who was criticized by the star's family in a docuseries by Lifetime that aired this past weekend, allegedly became involved in the dispute.
Rodriguez and his firm "initially partnered and conspired with Sabrina Morrissey, Esq. of M&M to impose on Verdugo an MHL (Mental Hygiene Law) Article 81 Guardianship," the court documents state.
"Under the guise of protecting and vindicating Verdugo, they jointly pursued a dual litigation strategy aimed at, getting rid of Flomenhaft" and allegedly "reaping Morrissey & Morrissy substantial court- awarded fees as Guardian counsel through litigation: maligning Flomenhaft legally and ethically."
The suit claims that Wendy's conservator became guardian of Verdugo on January 19, 2010, and continued to October 7, 2015.
The complaint also alleges that she was involved in litigation related to the conservatorship.
The suit alleged that guardianship judges also played a role in the alleged scheme.
"Ongoing ex parte communications between judges in the Guardianship Part and guardian attorneys have also facilitated the scheme.
"Defendants have conspired to perpetuate a baseless guardianship over a ward named Jose Verdugo under the guise of protecting Verdugo's best interest," the lawsuit alleged.
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