Howard Stern has ultimately not responded to his former assistant’s claims of a hostile work environment against him and his wife, Beth Stern.
Leslie Kuhn, who previously worked as an assistant for Stern, filed a lawsuit against the couple on April 5, alleging she was fired and experienced a “hostile work environment,” according to a previously obtained complaint. People.
Kuhn claims that Stern presented him with confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements before and at the time of his firing, and he is seeking compensation for the “costs of this action” and other relief that the court “considers appropriate.”
On Wednesday, April 29, Stern’s attorneys filed a motion to dismiss Kuhn’s lawsuit and in the motion received PeopleStern’s lawyers have described Kuhn’s complaint as “a somewhat veiled attempt to shake down the situation.” The filing also claims that Kuhn “planned to extort a staggering ‘hush’ payout from his former employers.”
In Kuhn’s initial filing, she claimed she was first hired as an office manager for SiriusXM howard stern show She became Howard’s executive assistant in September 2022 and again in January 2024. Then, in May 2024, he alleges the couple asked him to move to Southampton, NY, to help with their 20,000-square-foot mansion, as seen in the complaint. People.
Then, in December 2025, she claimed she received a letter from Howard’s production company, One Twelve, thanking her for her work, confirming that she would receive a monetary bonus, and informing her that she would receive a raise in 2026.
However, according to Kuhn’s filing, her “employment was reportedly terminated with cause” in late February. Kuhn’s attorney, John J. “Kuhn argues that his dismissal was the result of, among other things, a hostile work environment and enabling of that hostile work environment,” Leonard claimed in the complaint.
Kuhn also claims that he did not sign a nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement, alleging that the NDA is “fraudulent and unenforceable.”
In the filing, Stern’s lawyers emphasize that Beth and Howard never spoke negatively about Kuhn publicly, and “the only reason Kuhn’s termination has become public is because she and her attorney filed this sensational lawsuit to announce their termination to the world and then deliberately sought media attention.”
“Attempting to disguise herself as a silent victim, Kuhn pretended that she took this action to ‘protect her reputation’ and defend herself against the ‘allegations’ made by the defendants. Nonsense,” the filing continues, “Kuhn cannot and does not allege that the defendants ever disclosed, or even threatened to disclose, any information about her. Is.”
Howard Stern’s lawyer also issued a statement Entertainment Weeklysaying, “We’re not going to play this out publicly. Stern is entitled to enforce nondisclosure agreements signed by employees who enter his home and his private life, and he has filed a motion to address the lawsuit and the conduct of Ms. Kuhn and her attorney.”
