Stern's Former Assistant Sues for Hostile Work Environment

0:00It's April 8th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today, your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. Howard Stern, the 72-year-old radio legend, and his wife Beth, 52, are getting hit with a lawsuit from their former live-in executive. Assistant, Leslie Kuhn. She claims they created a hostile work environment in their home, blemming it on Beth's chaotic animal rescue nonprofit that piled in sane stress on everyone. Kuhn says the couple faked her firing earlier this year and forced her to sign shady confidentiality agreements to hide their disorganized business. Mess. Now in New York court docs, this suit is dragging up old skeletons from Stern's wild radio history. Fans and ex-staff remember tense blow-ups, like during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when Stern grew a producer, Gary Delibade, on air for heading. Home to his family instead of bunking at a serious hotel. Former drama hit after the September 11th attacks, with staff getting roasted for prioritizing

1:01safety. Pay gripes keep surfacing, too. Former head writer Jackie Martling and announcer John Melinda's called out low salaries, while Stern raked in millions. Martling bounced in 2001 over a raised dispute, and Melinda's fell punished for jumping to a better gig. As Rep's stay quiet in the Stern show roles on serious XM Mondays to Wednesdays, this case spotlights how the king of shock-jock media always. Stern the pot, leaving folks wondering what's next in his orbit.