Stern's Assistant Sues for Hostile Work, Staff Gripes Resurface

0:00It's April 8th. From Hollywood to your headphones, this is Entertainment in celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Howard Stern, the 72-year-old shock-shock and his wife Beth, are slapped with a new lawsuit from their former assistant, Leslie Koon. She claims a hostile work environment in their home, with her job ballooning into handling staff, payroll, and even a cat rescue operation before. Getting fired out of nowhere. Here this week, old clips from a 2023 Vice-TV Docky series on Shock Jox resurfaced, highlighting years of staffcribes about low pay. While Stern raked in millions. Former employees spilled the tea. One intern's grave buy on minimum wage for six straight years, Jackie the joke man called the money flow, frightening. Enough to quit, and Stuttering John walked after 15 years at just $75,000 a year. Jumping to Jay Leno for triple that. Meanwhile, insiders point to bigger tensions as Stern's relevance fades in the podcast

1:02era, with whispers of jealousy over Alex Cooper's massive one, $125 million series deal, and execs possibly eyeing the exit door amid his high salary and slipping ratings. Stern's brushed off these scrooge buys before, but this fresh suit and resurfaced drama got everyone watching close to see if the king of radio. Finally, meet his match.