Will Howard Stern's ex-assistant appeal the dismissal of her hostile-workplace suit before Aug 14?
64% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 28 predictions cast.
A New York State Supreme Court judge, Melissa A. Crane, dismissed in its entirety a $2.5 million lawsuit brought by Leslie Kuhn, a former executive assistant to Howard Stern, against Stern, his wife Beth Stern, and their production company on July 30, 2026. Kuhn had sought to void two non-disclosure agreements, claiming her signature was forged after her email account was hacked in May 2025. The court cited an email from Kuhn's own account reading "Signed NDA attached," along with roughly $192,000 in post-signing wages and an $80,000 bonus, as evidence undercutting her forgery claim and satisfying New York's standard for enforcing an NDA signed mid-employment; costs were awarded to the defendants. As of the question's Aug. 14, 2026 deadline, no appeal of the dismissal had surfaced in coverage of the case. The community leaned toward expecting an appeal (36% yes, on a small sample of 28 votes), but none was publicly reported by the deadline, so the question resolved no.