The View Co-host Sunny Hostin's husband has been named along with 200 co-defendants in a massive $459 million insurance fraud lawsuit in New York.
fox news report Orthopedic surgeon Emanuel “Manny” Hostin was also named in a lawsuit filed last month by American Transit Insurance Company, a New York-based commercial auto insurer that provides insurance for Uber, Lyft and taxis. He is one of dozens of doctors and other medical personnel who attended the hospital. Companies within the state.
The lawsuit, filed Dec. 17, alleges that “Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical services and other health care services, including arthroscopic surgery.” around of daily mail.
Specifically, Hostin is accused of “fraudulently billing American Transit for surgeries” and receiving kickbacks, according to details reported by Fox News. The media revealed some details about the lawsuit.
The report mentions at least two of Hostin's patients who were treated in January 2023 after being involved in “minor” crashes with minimal injuries. Both underwent arthroscopic surgery despite “only soft tissue injuries,” according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was brought under the Federal Racketeers Act (RICO) in the Eastern District of New York. Legal experts told Fox News Digital that the strategy is designed to have a chilling effect on behavior. It also risks entangling defendants like Hostin in complex court proceedings that can last years and potentially result in large payouts.
His lawyer Daniel Thwaites said: daily mail His client “denies all allegations” and called the lawsuit “an all-out, sporadic, and pointless lawsuit by an insurance company on the verge of bankruptcy.”
Sunny, a television host who regularly appeared on the ABC panel show with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farrar Griffin, Anna Navolo and Sarah Haines, married her husband in 1998.
