RESOLVING THE LEDGER
This is one outlet's own report from TMZ — the article as it was filed. Other outlets are covering the same event; open the full story to compare every source side by side.
See the full story · 1 sources
Howard Stern scored a big win in court ... with a judge tossing his ex-assistant's entire lawsuit and ruling the NDA at the center of their legal war still stands.
According to the decision, obtained by TMZ, the judge rejected Leslie Kuhn's claim that the shock jock's company may have hacked her work email and electronically signed the May 2025 agreement for her.
The court pointed to an email sent from Kuhn's account saying, "Signed NDA attached" -- along with the agreement bearing her electronic signature. The judge called her hacking theory a "bald assertion."
Kuhn also argued she got nothing in exchange for signing ... but the judge noted she kept her job for another nine months, earned more than $192,000 and was awarded an $80,000 bonus.
As TMZ reported, Kuhn sued Howard, his wife Beth and their companies, seeking at least $2.5 million and asking the court to free her from confidentiality agreements dated 2022 and 2025.
Kuhn alleged the Sterns treated her like crap while she worked as an executive assistant in their Southampton, NY mansion. Howard called the case a "shakedown" and "transparent sham."
Howard had already agreed not to enforce the 2022 agreement ... but the judge upheld the 2025 NDA and dismissed Kuhn's entire lawsuit.
The judge didn't sanction Kuhn ... but warned her against making more frivolous arguments.
AIPROPX is an independent multi-source news index — we track, compare, and connect coverage from across the web into one place you won't find anywhere else.