Howard Stern’s former executive assistant is taking her legal fight to the next level. Leslie Kuhn filed an appeal on September 9 after a judge dismissed her entire lawsuit against Stern, his wife Beth, and their company One Twelve back on July 29. At the center of it all is a pair of NDAs that Kuhn says she never actually signed.
Kuhn argues that a 2022 confidentiality agreement and a 2025 NDA are invalid and unenforceable. She claims her email was hacked, and that someone else put her electronic signature on the documents. The judge reviewed an email from her account that contained that signature and the phrase“Signed NDA attached,”and dismissed her forgery claim as a“bald assertion.”
Kuhn says the stakes go beyond the paperwork. She wants to speak openly about her employment to protect her reputation and future job prospects. The appeal means this story isn’t over yet, and it could reshape how courts look at workplace NDAs involving high-profile employers. Have you ever signed an NDA for a job without reading the fine print?
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