Howard Stern and his wife, Beth Stern, are reportedly being sued by their former employee on the charge of a “hostile work environment.” Leslie Kuhn served as an office manager on The Howard Stern Show. Later, she worked as an assistant to the comedian and his wife. Kuhn had been working with the Sterns for a couple of years. She began working on his long-running SiriusXM show, The Howard Stern Show, in September 2022.
Howard Stern and wife sued by ex-employee, claims report
Howard Stern and his wife, Beth, are reportedly being sued by their ex-employee, Leslie Kuhn. As per court documents obtained by USA Today, Kuhn filed a lawsuit on the allegations of a “hostile work environment.” Kuhn started working as Stern’s office manager on his show and eventually became the couple’s live-in assistant.
The role demanded that she move into the couple’s luxurious Oceanview residence, a mansion located in Southampton, New York. Additionally, Kuhn has stated in her lawsuit that Beth requested her assistance in “managing the staff of the mansion” and other household and staff-related work. This included “Beth Stern’s extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.”
She reportedly filed the complaint in the New York County Supreme Court on April 5. Notably, official documents list The Howard Stern Production Company and Stern’s production company, One Twelve Inc., as defendants in the case.
The lawsuit explains that Kuhn “fully intends” to explain her side of the story concerning the facts surrounding her employment. She also plans on addressing the accusations made against her and protecting her reputation and future employment prospects. In her lawsuit, Kuhn claims she was fired in February by One Twelve Inc.’s VP of Finance, Mark D. Garten, citing “alleged misconduct.”
The lawsuit reads, “Kuhn contends that her termination was the result of, among other things, a hostile work environment and enablement of that hostile work environment, immense pressures on the household created by irresponsible and untenable animal rescue and fostering operations occurring on-site, and massively disorganized and questionable business operations and accounting practices.”
Originally reported by Anwaya Mane on Mandatory.
