Howard Stern’s Former Assistant Isn’t Giving Up After Judge Tossed Her Lawsuit

A legal fight that seemed to be over for one of radio’s biggest names has been pulled back into the spotlight.

Howard Stern‘s former executive assistant, Leslie Kuhn, has filed to appeal a judge’s decision to throw out her lawsuit against the shock jock, his wife, Beth Stern, and their companies, according to court documents obtained by Page Six and detailed in a report published on Friday, October 2.

Per the outlet, Kuhn filed the appeal on September 9, asking a New York appeals court to overturn the July 29 ruling that dismissed her case in its entirety. She says she has “credible evidence” that undercuts Howard’s side of the story.

The goal, per the filing, is to have a 2022 confidentiality agreement and a 2025 nondisclosure agreement declared “invalid and unenforceable so that she could freely discuss her employment in order to salvage her job prospects and reputation.”

Howard, 72, and his team have pushed back hard. He has denied Kuhn’s allegations.

His attorney, Andrew Mark Goldsmith, has called Kuhn’s claims that the couple faked an NDA “frivolous,” according to the Page Six report.

“Mr. Stern has already unequivocally, unconditionally and irrevocably waived his right to enforce that agreement against Ms. Kuhn in publicly filed court documents,” Goldsmith wrote in an email that was included in court papers.

He added that the defendants agreed not to enforce it to “eliminate any possible doubt.”

Per Page Six, the judge sided with Howard over the summer. Kuhn had argued that his production company, One Twelve, forged the agreements in her name. But the court had an email from her account, with her electronic signature, that read, “Signed NDA attached.” Kuhn said she had been hacked. The judge called her forgery claim a “bald assertion.”

According to the outlet, Kuhn started working at the couple’s 20,000-square-foot Southampton home in May 2024 to help Beth, 53, manage the household and staff. Her duties also included assisting with Beth’s efforts to rescue and foster cats at the property.

In December 2025, Kuhn claimed, she got a letter from Howard’s production company saying she would receive a raise to $265,000 and an $80,000 bonus the following year, the outlet reported. She was fired in February.

In her filing, she said she was let go 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,” the outlet reported.

Howard has also faced major staff cuts. At least 50 employees were let go during two rounds of layoffs in February and July, with the later cuts including on-air talent, Page Six reported.

As Globe previously reported, Howard addressed criticism about an alleged toxic workplace culture surrounding The Howard Stern Show during his September season premiere, sarcastically saying, “I can’t tell you how many different people have called me a scumbag,” per The U.S. Sun.