Howard Stern & Wife Beth Accused of 'Hostile Work Environment' by Former Assistant in New Lawsuit

Howard Stern and his wife Beth are being sued by their former personal assistant.

On April 5, Leslie Kuhn filed a complaint against the 72-year-old radio host and his 53-year-old wife alleging that she was fired by couple and experienced a “hostile work environment.”

In her complaint obtained by People, Kuhn claims that she was first hired as an office manager for The Howard Stern Show in September 2022. In January 2024, she claims that she became Howard‘s executive assistant before alleging that in May 2024 the couple requested that she move to Southampton, New York to work at their mansion called Oceanview.

Keep reading to find out more…Kuhn alleges that she was instructed by Beth that she would assist Howard and offer Beth “assistance with such things as managing the staff of the mansion, setting staffing schedules, completing staff payroll and managing general household operations, including Beth’s extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.”

In December 2025, Kuhn claims that 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 will receive a raise in 2026.

However, Kuhn‘s “employment was allegedly terminated for cause” in February and the complaint alleges that she informed of her termination by OneTwelve’s Vice President of Finance, Mark D. Garten, due to “downsizing or the elimination of a position.”

She goes on to allege that when she was terminated, Garten accused her of “misconduct of a nature that would be detrimental to one’s reputation, such that disclosure would have a chilling effect on Kuhn’s future employment prospects.”

“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,” Kuhn’s attorney, John J. Leonard, claimed in the complaint. “As such, Kuhn fully intends to disclose details concerning the facts surrounding her employment.”

Kuhn alleges that she was presented with a separation agreement detailing her exit from the company, which included a nondisclosure agreement, which she says she refused to sign. She also claims that she was presented with a “non-mutual” confidentiality agreement, which she alleges would only protect Howard and Beth.

Her complaint alleges that the confidentiality clause is “unenforceable” because it was “fabricated” by the Sterns and void from the beginning. Additionally, “the Separation Agreement protected parties and categories of information that were not included in the Confidentiality Agreement and had a wholly different legal effect.”

Kuhn also claims that she was presented with another non-disclosure/confidentiality agreement, which was allegedly signed in May 2025, but she denies signing it. “No person or persons, natural or otherwise, ever presented Kuhn with the Non-Disclosure Agreement for her signature,” the complaint alleges.

“The Non-Disclosure Agreement attempts to cure a number of the defects plaguing the beleaguered Confidentiality Agreement,” according to the complaint. Kuhn‘s lawyer alleges that the NDA is “fraudulent and unenforceable,” and like the separation and confidentiality agreements, was “one-sided and non-mutual.”

The lawyer also claims that Kuhn‘s “signature” on the Confidentiality Agreement was only her “typewritten name in the same font style and size used to identify the parties’ names in the recitals of the agreement.”

Kuhn‘s lawyer also alleges that the reasons for the termination of her employment, “were manufactured by the Defendants in general and Beth Stern in particular.”

In a statement to People, Kuhn‘s lawyer said, “We contend that the defendants used manufactured and unenforceable non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements as a means to leverage Leslie Kuhn into silence and deprive her of the right to defend herself from accusations detrimental to her reputation and her livelihood.”

As of right now, Howard and Beth Stern have not publicly addressed the claims or lawsuit.