Sherrick’s Widow Speaks Out After Wendy Williams’ Alleges That She Was ‘Date Raped’ By The R&B Singer: ‘Why Now?’
While promoting her upcoming Lifetime biopic, “Wendy Williams: The Movie,” the talk show host held a panel and opened up for the first time about being sexually assaulted by late singer, Sherrick.
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Williams told reporters that Sherrick “date raped” her years ago before they went to a party together, according to People. “He flipped the interview around to where he was interviewing me — I was just gaga over this man and he asked me to go to an opening party, an album release party, with him that night. And before the party, I was date-raped by him,” she told the crowd and later shared that she was also date-raped when she was in college, the outlet noted.
Sherrick’s widow, Lynne Conner Smith, is now breaking her silence on Wendy Williams’ sexual assault allegations against her late husband, telling Page Six that Williams should let Sherrick “rest in peace,” as the man she loves “is not here to defend himself.” She added: “Sherrick was a beautiful man, a genius with a voice like an angel. We have three amazing children. This is quite painful to not only us but his nieces and siblings.” Smith then went on to question the timing of Williams’ remarks:
“Why would Wendy not call the police if it were true?” she told us. “Why did she go out with him? We have questions, too!” She added that Williams “waited 25 to 30 years” to speak up when she “tells the truth as a career!” It’s hard to believe,” she said. “Why now?!”
Wendy William’s biopic is set to be released on Lifetime on Jan. 30.
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