According to a woman who worked for the radio host and his wife, Beth, she was forced to work under “untenable” conditions. And now, Howard Stern is being sued for damages.
First reported by TMZ, Leslie Kuhn was their executive assistant and moved into their 20,000-square-foot Southampton mansion, where Beth put a lot on her plate. Kuhn claims she was tasked with managing the mansion’s staff, including scheduling, as well as completing payroll and managing household operations, such as Beth’s at-home cat rescue and fostering operations.
Kuhn claims that she was fired less than two years after moving in, and says it was a result of a “hostile work environment and enablement of that hostile work environment, immense pressure 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.”
While the ex-assistant didn’t go into detail about these questionable business operations, it’s no secret that Howard Stern and his wife are avid cat rescuers. Beth runs Beth’s Furry Friends out of their mansion, an organization that says she has “provided spay or neuter, foster care, and facilitated adoptions for over 2,000 unwanted cats and kittens.”
While Kuhn signed an NDA, she claims that the cat rescue operation is just the tip of the iceberg and that she was overworked. And according to Page Six, Kuhn said she received a letter in December 025 that she would be getting a raise to $265,000 and an $80,000 bonus in 2026, but she was fired in February.
Kuhn is asking the court to declare the NDA unenforceable. “Kuhn fully intends to disclose details concerning the facts surrounding her employment by Stern, Beth Stern, [SiriusXM] and One Twelve and termination of that employment as necessary to address the accusations made against her and to protect her reputation and future employment prospects,” the lawsuit reads.