The View’s Sunny Hostin Speaks Out Against Insurance Company Suing Her Husband: 'Our Family Will Not Be Intimidated'

Mar. 15, 2025

Sunny Hostin and Emmanuel Hostin.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty

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Sunny Hostinis speaking out about a lawsuit against her husband.

In a separate statement to PEOPLE, The Viewco-host, 56, echoed Geragos, claiming: “[American Transit is trying] to avoid paying for medical and surgical procedures for people it insured who were in pain.”

Legal representatives for American Transit have not responded to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

Sunny Hostin and Emmanuel Hostin.Joy Malone/Getty

Joy Malone/Getty

Both Sunny and Geragos alleged that the company — which is suing over 200 defendants — is “on the verge of bankruptcy” and aiming “to poison the well of public opinion because it does not have a valid case” through its lawsuit against her husband.

“[The company] used my celebrity status to start a disgusting media smear campaign against my husband,” Sunny alleged in her statement. “Our family will not be intimidated and harassed. We remain unbowed. We have put American Transit on notice and will file a five-million-dollar counter lawsuit for their defamatory claims, an amount that is likely to increase as the reputational damage that American Transit has intentionally caused is difficult to quantify at this time.”

In her statement, Sunny asked that American Transit “withdraw these false allegations, pay my husband what he is owed and issue a public apology.”

Sunny Hostin and Emmanuel Hostin.ennett Raglin/Getty

ennett Raglin/Getty

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Per the 698-page complaint from American Transit filed in December, the company claimed that Emmanuel “knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries to Covered Persons through Hostin Orthopaedics” at “one or more of the Surgicore ASCs.”

It further alleges that Emmanuel committed fraud when he “billed to American Transit through each of those entities in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.”

They claim Emmanuel took advantage of this law, which is causing insurance fraud to become a “rampant” issue and “endemic to New York State.”

source: people.com