Wendy Williams is expected to be deposed in her Lifetime documentary case despite her frontotemporal dementia and aphasia diagnoses.
The judge presiding over Williams’ case against Lifetime and its parent company, A&E, granted the network’s request to depose the former talk show host in a filing obtained by People on Tuesday.
According to the outlet, Williams is expected to participate in a “de bene esse” deposition, which happens when a witness’ ability to testify later on might decline due to circumstances such as “age, health, fading memory.”
The deposition must take place by Nov. 4 and won’t be longer than three hours.
Williams, 61, will be allowed to testify remotely. Though, people are limited to no more than two attorneys on the case and one of Williams’ attorneys in her gua