The husband of The View co-host Sunny Hostin is dealing with accusations of insurance coverage fraud.
In response to Mail Online, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin is without doubt one of the greater than 200 people named in one of many largest federal insurance coverage instances ever filed in New York.
The lawsuit alleges that Hostin and different defendants obtained kickbacks after performing surgical procedures after which fraudulently billing American Transit, an organization that insures Uber and Lyft drivers.
“Hostin knowingly supplied fraudulent medical and different healthcare providers together with arthroscopic surgical procedures,” reads the lawsuit, which was filed final month.
It goes on to say that American Transit was then billed “in trade for kickbacks and/or different compensation which have been disguised as dividends or different money distributions.”
Hostin’s lawyer, Daniel Thwaites, advised the Mail that his consumer has an “impeccable” file and “denies every allegation” towards him.
He additionally described it as a “blanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance coverage provider.”
“It’s meant to intimidate and harass docs from accumulating for care given to American Transit insureds and their passengers,” he continued.
“American Transit has rushed into the lawsuit with out ever conducting an examination of Dr. Hostin or expressing any issues to his attorneys.
‘The true story right here is about an insurance coverage provider abusing the authorized system to restrict and prohibit well being care advantages to its insureds and their passengers, and write off its correct obligations.”
Sunny Hostin’s surgeon husband Emmanuel accused of insurance coverage fraud in bombshell lawsuit https://t.co/LE77GwP15U pic.twitter.com/7uSl5U0NJY
— Each day Mail US (@DailyMail) January 7, 2025
Hostin has been married to his spouse Sunny since 1998, and the couple has two kids.
A former federal prosecutor, Sunny Hostin is infamous for making ridiculous statements throughout her work as a co-host of The View.
Simply this week, she in contrast the January sixth protests as an “atrocity” on a par with the Holocaust.
“It was one of many worst moments in American historical past,” she complained.
“And when you consider the worst moments in American historical past, you recognize, like World Struggle II, issues that occurred, you recognize, just like the Holocaust, chattel slavery, we have to always remember,” she continued. “As a result of previous turns into prologue for those who overlook and erase.”
‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin compares the January sixth protests to the Holcaust. pic.twitter.com/47wFO9MoBi
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) January 6, 2025
