Howard Stern’s legal battle with former assistant takes

Howard Stern’s legal battle with his former assistant has come to an end, with a choose ruling in his favor when it got here to her claims that he and his spouse, Beth Ostrowski Stern, created a hostile work surroundings.

The SiriusXM Host, 72, and his spouse had been accused by Leslie Kuhn, a former government assistant for his or her residence in the Hamptons, New York, of making a hostile surroundings and had even cast non-disclosure agreements with her title on them during her tenure.

According to Page Six, Kuhn claimed her electronic mail was hacked in May 2025, however the courtroom had obtained an electronic mail from her account that read, “Signed NDA attached,” alongside with her digital signature.

The choose referred to the allegation as a “bald assertion” before dismissing the declare.

Kuhn sued in April, asking the courtroom to make the NDAs from 2025 and 2022 unenforceable because they prevented her from talking about her experience working for the couple.

She started her employment with Stern in September 2022 as an workplace supervisor for his SiriusXM present, before being promoted to government assistant in January 2024. She was then allegedly requested to handle their Southampton residence that May.

She claimed she was told the job entailed helping his spouse with “managing the staff of the mansion, setting staffing schedules, completing staff payroll and managing general household operations,” and also included “extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.”

She also allegedly obtained a letter in December 2025 from the company stating she would obtain a wage increase to $265,000 and an $80,000 bonus in 2026, however was terminated in February.

Kuhn blamed her firing on a “hostile work environment,” and “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.”

Stern initially filed a movement to dismiss the swimsuit in April.

“The Terns are entitled to enforce nondisclosure agreements signed by employees who enter their home and their private life,” their lawyer said in an announcement at the time. “They have filed a motion to address the lawsuit and the conduct of Ms. Kuhn and her lawyer.”

The lawsuit victory comes after Stern confirmed he would keep at SiriusXM, following contract negotiations that had led to rumors he was going to stroll away.