Sam Williams, the son of country singer Hank Williams Jr., recently made a public plea to be released from a conservatorship he says his father put him in more than a year ago.
In a since-deleted YouTube video, Williams silently called for help in a series of signs explaining the alleged conservatorship.
According to the 24-year-old singer, his father and sister Holly Williams “abruptly” placed him in a conservatorship 18 months ago, 55 days after his other sister, Katie Williams-Dunning, died in a car accident in 2020 at the age of 27.
“I’ve been quiet a long time now,” Williams captioned the video. “I want out of this, and I don’t mind people knowing. They took my grief process, my spirit, my money, my car, my home, and everything possible in order to ‘protect me.’ Well, I need protection from them.”
Court documents have been obtained by sources confirming that a petition for an emergency conservatorship on Sam Williams’ behalf was filed in August of 2020–the same month he released his debut album Glasshouse Children–although it is unclear if the conservatorship is still ongoing.
Hank Williams Jr. and other members of the family have not made an official comment on the matter.
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