Latest / Fresh Intelligence / EXCLUSIVE: Is This the Smoking Gun Document That Will Save Howard Stern in Legal Spat With Ex-Assistant? Radar Obtains SIGNED NDAs the Shock Jock's Nemesis Claims 'Don't Exist'
Transcript
- 0:05[SPEAKER_00]: Why scroll your feed?
- 0:06[SPEAKER_00]: When you can get the latest Aleb news with your eyes closed?
- 0:11[SPEAKER_00]: Here's fresh intelligence first to start your day.
- 0:18[SPEAKER_01]: Howard Stern's former personal assistant, Leslie Kuhn, claimed she never signed non-disclosure agreements and DAs, central to her $2.5 million hostel work environment lawsuit against him.
- 0:29[SPEAKER_01]: However, radar online com has uncovered NDAs bearing her signatures, both typed and ink, along with emails confirming the return.
- 0:36[SPEAKER_01]: Cune asserts her role as an executive assistant to Stern and his wife, Bate, was right with pressure.
- 0:42[SPEAKER_01]: And she seeks to avoid the NDAs to address what she calls damaging accusations, impacting her reputation and job prospects.
- 0:49[SPEAKER_01]: Radar's investigation reveals emails showing Cune had received the NDAs, signed them electronically and returned them.
- 0:55[SPEAKER_01]: In a notable email dated May 22, 2025, Stern's bookkeeper prompted her to sign and return the NDA to which Cune replied, signed NDA attached.
- 1:04[SPEAKER_01]: Good weekend, LK.
- 1:06[SPEAKER_01]: Despite claiming the NDA's lacked her handwritten signature, Koon's argument falters as another NDA from September 12, 2022, includes her wetting signature.
- 1:15[SPEAKER_01]: Stern filed to dismiss the lawsuit on Wednesday, deriding it as a transparent sham and a shakedown.
- 1:21[SPEAKER_01]: His lawyer claims Koon's motivations stem from a desire to pressure the Stern's for money, asserting that her termination became public due to her legal actions.
- 1:29[SPEAKER_01]: Kuna ledges she was fired for cause earlier this year, influenced by bait and her animal rights activities.
- 1:35[SPEAKER_01]: She was tasked with managing the Stern South Hampton Mansion, including scheduling, payroll, and overseeing a large number of animal rescues.
- 1:42[SPEAKER_01]: A situation Kuna describes as disorganized and untenable.
- 1:46[SPEAKER_01]: She claims the couple promised a raise to $265,000 and an $80,000 bonus, but terminated her instead.
- 1:54[SPEAKER_01]: Koon's attorney, John Jay Leonard, argues she is being entirely muscled by Stern, emphasizing the imbalance of power she faces.
- 2:01[SPEAKER_01]: Stern commented on the lawsuit during an April 7 broadcast of his serious ex-em show, calling it completely baseless and desperate, and noted, it's just another day in the life of having been successful on the radio.