Wendy Williams Clashed with Ex-Attorney Inside Florida Wells Fargo Days Before Accounts Were Frozen!

Wendy Williams and former attorney, LaShawn Thomas, clashed inside a Florida Wells Fargo bank only days before the chat show host’s accounts were frozen. Thomas, who no longer reps Wendy, 58, spoke to the U.S. Sun earlier this year about the heated exchange with her former client, inside the Wells Fargo branch. 

Thomas, who remains an attorney for Wendy’s ex, Kevin Hunter, spoke out about what occurred at one of the bank’s brokerage offices, in January. Thomas was asked what exactly happened with Wendy’s accounts before Wells Fargo blocked access. The bank later stated in court papers that potential “financial exploitation” had taken place. Thomas denied that any such issue existed. 

The lawyer clarified that Wendy’s 22-year-old son, Kevin Hunter Jr., was also present during the tense meeting inside the bank. Kevin reportedly wanted to set up online banking for his mother. Thomas explained that they had been unable to obtain Wendy’s bank statements, during her time in Florida. The statements were being mailed directly to her New York City residence. 

“I met Wendy at the Wells Fargo branch. We went into the Wells Fargo branch and we spoke to the branch manager. We told him what was going on,” she told the outlet.

“Wendy said she wanted to get access to the accounts,” Thomas continued, explaining she was told by a manager—“’Well, we don’t do that in the retail branch. That’s the Wells Fargo advisors, let me see if I can get somebody on the line.’”

“He called Lori (Lori Schiller, Wendy’s longtime financial adviser). He went into another room and had a conversation with Lori and came out,” she continued. “He said Lori was willing to talk to Wendy, but that she doesn’t want anybody else in the room when she talks to Wendy.”

She added—“So Wendy said, ‘No, why can’t she talk to me with my attorney, I can understand if my son has to leave out of the room, but I want to keep my attorney here.’ And Lori said ‘No, I want to talk to Wendy alone,’ and if Wendy doesn’t want to talk to her alone, Lori wouldn’t talk to Wendy.” 

The group left with things unresolved. A source confirmed the conversation and added that it raised concern because Wendy would not normally visit a brokerage office with other people to ask for access to her accounts. 

Thomas took to Instagram last week to dispute any allegation of a conflict of interest that would bar her from being involved in the Wells Fargo case. The attorney alleged that she was being blocked from all contact with the former talk show host.  

She wrote—”To be clear, there was never a conflict of interest, the judge and Wells Fargo did not want me on the case because I couldn’t be bought.

“I would never stand by and watch my client be taken advantage of so they did everything to get me out of the picture including threatening to report me to the Florida bar if I communicate with my client. Their goal was to get Wendy back to New York to control her when Wendy was doing well in Florida with her son. She was on the mend, seeing her doctors every day, exercising and having coherent conversations. The person you see today is vastly different from the person you saw in videos in Florida.”

She continued—“She has been isolated and I’ve done everything in my power to assist her. I have been impeded in my attempts to communicate with Wendy by the court. They don’t want us to see a healthy Wendy hence the court’s threats to sanction me if I spoke to the media or Wendy.”

A financial guardian was assigned to control Wendy’s accounts in May after the bank alleged that she had dementia and was a potential victim of financial exploitation or undue influence. Wendy, who was expected to regain control over her finances in July, still remains unable to access her millions.

An insider noted—“The court can eventually decide to give Wendy back full control over her accounts  and end the guardianship- but that is up to the court.” 

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