
Emmanuel Hostin and Sunny Hostin
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Bezos Courage and Citizenship AwardsSunny Hostinher husband Emmanuel “Manny” HostinHe has been named in a New York City insurance fraud lawsuit.
According to the legal documents he obtained Daily Mail and reviewed by We Weekly Emmanuel, who got married on Tuesday, January 7 Appearance Cohost is one of about 200 suspects that entered in 1998 filed a lawsuit on December 17, 2024 with the Court for the Eastern District of New York.
An orthopedic surgeon based at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West hospitals in New York is listed as “Emmanuel Hostin, MD.” US Healthcharged with federal insurance fraud and “performing surgery and … receiving payments from the company that insures taxi companies, Uber and Lyft drivers.” Daily Mail.
Us reached out to Sunny and Emmanuel's reps for comment.
“Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other health care services, including arthroscopic surgeries,” the lawsuit states. The documents also allege that insurance firm American Transit was then billed “for kickbacks and/or other compensation disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.”
Emmanuel addressed the allegations through his lawyer Daniel John Thwaitessaid his client “denies every allegation.” Thwaites added that the lawsuit is “a blanket, scattered, baseless claim by an insurance carrier that is about to go bankrupt.”
Thwaites further suggested, “This is to intimidate and dissuade physicians from collecting for care provided to American Transit policyholders and their passengers. American Transit never Dr. Hostin was rushed to court without an examination and without informing his lawyers of any concerns. The real story here is an insurance carrier's abuse of the legal system to restrict and limit medical benefits to policyholders and their passengers and to remove their respective obligations.”
Emmanuel and Sunny, 56, live and share Purchase, New York two children — Son Gabe born in 2002 and daughter Paloma born in 2006.
Sunny is a lawyer and multi-platform journalist Appearance As a full-time cohost in 2016, he has been candid about various challenges his family has seen over the years. In January 2021, he announced that Emmanuel's parents had both died of COVID-19 a few weeks earlier.
“Although I have chosen a very public career, as most of you know, those of you who know my husband Manny know that he is very private. But after speaking with him, he felt that it was important for me to share our deep sorrow for Manny's loss of both parents over the holidays, from a public health perspective,” Sunny said. Appearance time.
Sunny added that her in-laws, Dr. Mary Jesus and Dr. A. Emmanuel“they were both doctors and they were both very careful” and “they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving with us because we all decided it wasn't safe. After a lot of contact tracing, we still don't know how they got this virus and this disease.”
American Transit is seeking at least $450 million in damages, according to the filing. Company attorney, William Natbonyhe said Daily Mail“'No sin fraud is a big problem in New York. American Transit sued as part of its legal responsibility to combat such fraud.