Howard Stern and his wife, Beth Ostrosky Stern, are facing legal trouble over their former personal assistant, Leslie Kuhn.
PEOPLE magazine reported that Leslie accused the couple of firing her as an office manager for SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show in September 2022 and the creation of a ‘hostile work environment’.
In the complaint to the court dated April 5, she requested compensation for the ‘costs of this action’ and other relief as the Court ‘deems just’.
According to court documents obtained by the outlet, Leslie stated that she was promoted to executive assistant to Howard in January 2024, but just a few months later in May, the couple asked her to move to their 20,000-square-foot mansion, called Oceanview, in Southampton, New York, for work.
She alleged that Beth instructed her to assist the 72-year-old American host, providing her “assistance with such matters as managing the mansion’s staff, establishing staff schedules, completing staff payroll, and managing general housekeeping operations, including Beth’s extensive cat rescue and fostering operations at home.”
According to the complaint, Leslie alleged that Howard’s production company, One Twelve, sent her a letter appreciating her efforts in December 2025. She was told she would receive a cash bonus and a pay increase in 2026, but in February this year her employment was reportedly terminated for cause.
On February 26, One Twelve Vice President of Finance Mark D. Garten told her of her resignation due to “downsizing or elimination of a position.”
It is pertinent to mention that Garten also accused Leslie 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.”
