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Howard Stern dragged back into court battle by ex-assistant in hostile work environment case

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Bitsky, L. (2026, October 2). Howard Stern dragged back into court battle by ex-assistant in hostile work environment case. New York Post. https://pagesix.com/2026/10/02/celebrity-news/howard-stern-dragged-back-into-court-battle-by-ex-assistant-in-hostile-work-environment-case/

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Leslie Kuhn, a former assistant to Howard Stern, is appealing a court’s decision that dismissed her lawsuit against Stern and his wife, Beth Stern. In the appeal filed on September 9, Kuhn argues that she never signed non-disclosure agreements and seeks to have these contracts declared invalid so she can discuss her employment experiences freely. The original lawsuit alleged a hostile work environment and wrongful termination when Kuhn was fired in February after being employed at the Sterns’ Southampton mansion since May 2024.

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Leslie Kuhn, a former assistant to Howard Stern, is appealing a judge's decision to dismiss her lawsuit against him and his wife, Beth Stern, in July. In the original case, Kuhn alleged she was fired due to a hostile work environment caused by irresponsible animal rescue operations and disorganized business practices at their home in Southampton. She also claimed that she never signed a 2022 confidentiality agreement or a 2025 non-disclosure agreement, which were used to silence her. Kuhn filed an appeal on September 9, seeking declarations from a New York appeals court that these agreements are invalid and unenforceable so she can discuss her employment freely to salvage her job prospects and reputation. The original lawsuit was dismissed after a judge found no evidence of forgery or coercion regarding the agreements, but Kuhn claims to have new credible evidence contradicting this ruling.

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Howard Stern’s former assistant is doubling down on her claim that she never signed an NDA after losing a contentious court battle against the shock jock three months ago. uncertain

she → double → jock

Leslie Kuhn filed to appeal a judge’s decision to toss her lawsuit against Howard, his wife, Beth Stern, and their companies in its entirety, according to court documents filed on Sept. 9 and exclusively obtained by Page Six. uncertain

Kuhn → file → Page

According to the filing, the “purpose” of the appeal is to obtain declarations that a 2022 confidentiality agreement and 2025 non-disclosure agreement are “invalid and unenforceable so that she could freely discuss her employment in order to salvage her job prospects and reputation.” uncertain

she → accord → prospects

Kuhn is asking a New York appeals court to overturn the July 29 decision that threw out her entire lawsuit against Howard and his co-defendants. asserted

that → ask → Howard

She claimed to have “credible evidence” undermining Howard’s side of the story. asserted

She → claim → story

Page Six reported in July that a judge rejected Kuhn’s claims that the radio host’s production company, One Twelve, had forged nondisclosure agreements in her name while she worked as Howard’s executive assistant until February 2026. uncertain

she → report → February

The court had obtained an email from Kuhn’s account that contained her electronic signature and read, “Signed NDA attached,” though she argued that her email had been hacked. asserted

email → obtain → NDA

The judge called her forging claim a “bald assertion.” uncertain

judge → call → claim

Kuhn filed the initial lawsuit in April, asking a judge to make the NDA and confidentiality agreement unenforceable because she wanted to speak out about the alleged toxic work environment while under the couple’s employment. asserted

she → file → employment

The couple’s former executive assistant previously stated that she began working at the couple’s 20,000-square-foot Southampton mansion in May 2024 because Beth needed help managing house staffers and household operations. uncertain

Beth → state → staffers

Kuhn was also allegedly tasked with helping to manage Beth’s “extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.” uncertain

Kuhn → task → operations

Kuhn claimed that she received a letter in December 2025 from Howard’s production company that she would be getting a raise to $265,000 and an $80,000 bonus the next year. asserted

she → claim → 265,000

However, she was fired this past February. asserted

she → fire → ?

Along with denying having signed an NDA and confidentiality agreement, Kuhn claimed in the filing that she was fired because of “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.” asserted

she → deny → site

Howard Stern dragged back into court battle by ex-assistant in hostile work environment case

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