Howard Stern’s former executive assistant has sued the radio icon and his wife Beth Ostrosky Stern for allegedly fostering a hostile work environment and then passing off “fraudulent” confidentiality agreements to stop her from speaking about her experience working for the couple.

Leslie Kuhn filed a lawsuit with the New York State Supreme Court against the Queens-born radio host, 72, and 55-year-old Ostrosky Stern— to whom he’s been married since late 2008 — as well as One Twelve, Inc. and The Howard Stern Production Company, Inc., according to Sunday’s summons obtained by the Daily News.

Representatives for Stern and Ostrosky Stern did not immediately respond to The News’ request for comment. Neither appears to have publicly remarked on the filing.

Kuhn says she was fired in February 2026, which she was told was for “alleged misconduct of a nature that would be detrimental to one’s reputation.” However, she believes she was axed for reasons “manufactured by the Defendants in general and Beth Stern in particular.”

Kuhn says the defendants then tried to “deceive” her by producing “fabricated” and therefore void non-disclosure agreements from May 2022 and May 2025.

Kuhn says she was never given any such agreements to sign. One of the agreements, which has a typewritten name rather than a signature, was signed three months before she joined Sirius XM Radio’s “Howard Stern Show” in September 2022, the suit claims.

Kuhn was also hired by One Twelve as Stern’s executive assistant around December 2023. She was later hired in May 2024 to help the couple manage their Southampton mansion, including assisting Stern’s wife with “extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.”

All three roles overlapped, with Kuhn insisting none of the jobs was “ever conditioned on Kuhn entering into an employment contract or non-disclosure/confidentiality agreement,” nor did she execute such an agreement.

This past December, Kuhn was thanked by One Twelve “for her hard work in 2025” and notified of an incoming $80,000 bonus for the year, as well as a raise in 2026, when she’d make $265,000. She was fired allegedly “for cause” around February 2026.

Kuhn claims a hostile work environment was created and exacerbated by “irresponsible and untenable animal rescue and fostering operations occurring on-site, and massively disorganized and questionable business operations and accounting practices,” all of which she wants to disclose to “protect her reputation and future employment prospects.”

A separation agreement given to Kuhn upon her firing included one-way confidentiality provisions to shield the defendants “as well as Stern’s friends and relatives and Beth Stern’s charitable organizations and endeavors” but not Kuhn herself, meaning they can “speak freely about Kuhn with impunity.”

The May 2025 NDA, which also does not bar the Sterns from speaking about Kuhn, precludes her from discussing an even wider range of parties and information, including the Sterns’ “daily activities and personal habits … use of consumer products, choice of restaurants” as well as “entertainment preference” and “political affiliations.”

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