Howard Stern’s ‘bizarre rules for staff’ revealed in wrongful termination lawsuit

Howard Stern’s former employee claimed in a new lawsuit that the SiriusXM star and his wife, Beth Stern, imposed unusually strict — and at times deeply personal — rules on their household staff.

Leslie Kuhn — an ex-executive assistant who managed the Sterns’ home in the Hamptons — sued the couple for allegedly creating a hostile work environment, according to a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court over the weekend.

According to the documents obtained by Page Six, Kuhn was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement forbidding her to discuss business affairs, as well as Howard and Beth’s personal affairs.

The agreement would ban Kuhn from disclosing the Stern family’s “daily activities and personal habits,” even down to their “food preferences, sleeping habits, [and] hobbies.”

She would also be barred from discussing their use of consumer products, choice of restaurants, hotels or other establishments, entertainment preferences, political affiliations and “any other matters affecting or relating to the Company and its business, and the personal and business affairs of the Company,” according to the complaint.

Other off-limits subjects allegedly included the “location or contents of residences and other properties,” as well as their “travel arrangements.”

In the lawsuit, Kuhn claimed that she was entrusted with managing the staff of their Southampton mansion, overseeing household operations, as well as Beth’s “extensive at-home feline rescue and fostering operations.”

According to the docs, Kuhn claimed that she received a letter in December 2025 from Howard’s production company, stating that she would be receiving a raise to increase her salary to $265,000, along with an $80,000 bonus in 2026. However, she claims she was fired in February.

Kuhn believes her termination was the result of a hostile work environment as well as “immense pressures on the household created by irresponsible and untenable animal rescue and fostering operations occurring on-site, and massively disorganized and questionable business operations and accounting practices,” according to court docs.

The former staffer also claimed in the filing that Howard’s production company presented her with the non-disclosure agreement that she denies ever signing.

She asked the court to make the NDA unenforceable as it silences her from speaking about her employment and termination. On the flipside, it allegedly does not protect her from Howard, 72, and Beth, 53, freely speaking about her.

“Such a contractual relationship would place Kuhn — a mere at-will employee with considerably less influence and resources than the Sterns, their affiliated entities and associates — at a distinct and unfair advantage personally, professionally and publicly,” the filing states.

Page Six has reached out to Howard and Beth Stern for comment.