According to the amended complaint viewed by USA TODAY, Williams received $82,000 for the "stomach-turning" documentary, which in February showed her cognitive decline across four episodes. She is credited as an executive producer on the documentary,

The guardian says Williams, who has frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, was taken advantage of by the network and producers.

The former talk-show host's guardian claims she was "viciously and shamelessly exploited" in the film, which showed her physical and mental decline from dementia.