Wendy Williams Facing Legal Issues As Paparazzi Claims She Defamed Him On Talk Show By Portraying Him As A Predator
Sept. 27 2021, Published 4:58 p.m. ET
Wendy Williams is being hit with legal issues as she tries to recover from her lengthy hospital stint, days before she’s set to return to the small screen.
According to court documents obtained by Radar, a photographer named Darryl Wilkins has informed the court he served Talk WW Production, Inc. and a rep for Fox Broadcasting Company, both involved with Wendy’s show, with legal papers.
The service is the first step in moving his suit against Wendy forward. Back in February, Wilkins sued the talk show host and actress Hillary Duff over a segment on The Wendy Williams Show.
In the docs, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Wilkins accuses the defendants of libel and slander. Wilkins and Duff got into a verbal altercation at a park in February 2020.
The photographer was using a camera in the park which the actress felt was “creepy” because kids were playing football on the field. She posted a video of the fight on Instagram which showed her telling him “how