Latest / Fresh Intelligence / 'A Transparent Sham': Howard Stern Fires Back at Ex-Executive Assistant's Bombshell Lawsuit Seeking $2.5Million in Damages
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Howard Stern has responded to a lawsuit filed by former personal assistant Leslie Cune, who is seeking $2.5 million in damages, claiming she was subjected to a hostile working environment.
- 0:28[SPEAKER_00]: Stern 72 moved to dismiss the suit on Wednesday, labeling it a transparent sham and a shake down.
- 0:34[SPEAKER_00]: In support of the dismissal, Eileen Pharkas, a lawyer for serious XM, stated, we are not going to play this out in public.
- 0:41[SPEAKER_00]: The Stearns are entitled to enforce non-disclosure agreements signed by employees, and they have filed a motion to address the lawsuit and the conduct of MSCune and her lawyer.
- 0:49[SPEAKER_00]: Kuna ledges she served as an executive assistant to Stern and his wife, Bate, for nearly two years at their Southampton mansion, before being fired for cause, which she attributes to pressure from Bate and her animal rights group.
- 1:01[SPEAKER_00]: Kuna seeks a court declaration to make non-enforcement agreements.
- 1:05[SPEAKER_00]: She claims she never signed, uninforceable, allowing her to counter the accusations made against her and safeguard her reputation.
- 1:12[SPEAKER_00]: In his dismissal request, Stern asserts he has email proof that Coon did sign the NDAs and is pursuing the lawsuit for financial gain.
- 1:19[SPEAKER_00]: According to his filing, the reason Coon filed this lawsuit was to pressure the Stern parties into making an outlandish payment to make her go away.
- 1:27[SPEAKER_00]: Stern emphasized that the situation became public solely because Coon chose to disclose her termination by initiating the lawsuit.
- 1:34[SPEAKER_00]: He concluded, there was no smear campaign, no actual or threatened disclosure and no
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