It aired in February and became one of the most watched shows in the network's history – but Williams received just $82,000 for the project, which her lawyers say exposed her.
The Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? premiered in February. MEGA
Her legal team, in its complaint against Lifetime and its parent company A&E Networks, wrote: "This is a paltry sum for the use of highly invasive, humiliating footage that showed her in the confusing throes of dementia, while defendants, who have profited on the streaming of the program, have likely already earned millions."
Williams' attorneys previously tried to block the doc from airing.
The complaint continued: "No person who witnessed (Williams) in these circumstances could possibly have believed that she was capable of consenting to an agreement to film."
They also claimed Williams was portrayed as a "laughingstock and drunkard, implicitly responsible for her own continued suffering".
Williams apparently received just $82,000 for Where Is Wendy Williams? MEGA
And in 2023, Williams was diagnosed with aphasia – a disorder robbing sufferers of the use of language – as well as dementia, and was placed in a wellness facility.
The drama queen diva resurfaced for the first time in 19 months in late August when she was spotted shopping with her son, Kevin Hunter Jr.
An insider said: "Wendy faces long-term care for the rest of her life, and her wealth has dwindled considerably as she's no longer able to work."
Williams continues to battle Graves' disease, aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. MEGA
The source added: "Lifetime should foot the bill for her care, since they made millions exploiting her decline."
While Schell admitted she has spoken to Williams in over a year, she also claimed Williams was "forced into silence" after vanishing from the public.
She said: "I want people to know that Wendy is a real person, and this is not some karma is a b---- thing."
Williams' best friends has claimed the former TV talk show diva has been "forced into silence". MEGA
Schell continued: "Talking is Wendy's life, her whole claim to fame is talking, and I don't think she would be this quiet unless she was forced to be quiet.
"Where is Wendy and why is no one asking that question? And why is no one answering that question. Why can't they produce Wendy, or an actual statement from Wendy, or a picture of Wendy? Where is Wendy?!"
She added: "I haven't spoken to my friend, who I spoke to five times a day, in over a year now.
"She's somewhere that she can't reach a phone because Wendy can always get to a phone, because if she could get to a phone, she'd be calling me."
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