Doctor Emmanuel Hostin, the husband of 'The View' co-host Sunny Hostin, is among 200 defendants mentioned in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit stemming from an allegation of a complex insurance fraud scheme.
- January 9, 2025
AceShowbiz - Emmanuel Hostin, the husband of "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin, finds himself embroiled in legal trouble as he faces serious accusations. With over 200 named defendants, this case is shaping up to be one of the biggest in New York's legal history.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel "Manny" Hostin and his practice, Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, have been accused in a sweeping federal lawsuit of participating in a complex insurance fraud scheme.
Filed on December 17, 2024, in the Eastern District of New York, the lawsuit alleges that Hostin and other defendants received "kickbacks by performing surgery and… billing a company that insured taxi companies and Uber and Lyft drivers."
According to court documents obtained by Page Six and first reported by the Daily Mail, Hostin "knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries."
The lawsuit claims that these services were billed to American Transit Insurance Company "in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions."
Hostin's legal team, led by attorney Daniel Thwaites, vehemently denies these allegations. Thwaites labeled the case a "blanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier."
He asserted that the lawsuit is an attempt to "intimidate and harass doctors from collecting for care given to American Transit insureds and their passengers." He accused the insurance carrier of abusing the legal system to "limit and restrict health care benefits to its insureds and their passengers, and write off its proper obligations."
American Transit is seeking at least $450 million in damages. The company's attorney stressed that "no fault fraud is a huge problem in New York" and emphasized that this legal action is part of the insurance carrier's statutory responsibility to combat such fraud.
Sunny Hostin, who joined "The View" as a co-host in 2016, has often discussed her family's life on the show. Although she has yet to publicly address the lawsuit against her husband, she recently touched on challenges within the healthcare industry, mentioning how doctors like her husband often have to sue insurance companies to get paid for their work.
The couple, married since 1998, has two children, Gabe (22) and Paloma (18). Despite the intense scrutiny and legal challenges, Sunny and Emmanuel Hostin continue to navigate these difficult times together.
