Overview
- Stern’s legal team, which filed a motion to dismiss on Wednesday, calls Leslie Kuhn’s $2.5 million suit a shakedown and also asks the court to sanction her and her lawyer.
- The defense cites emails as proof Kuhn signed confidentiality agreements, including a 2025 note saying “Signed NDA attached,” and says a 2022 pact bears both an e‑signature and a later wet‑ink signature.
- Stern’s attorneys say they never planned to discuss Kuhn’s firing and would offer only a neutral reference, arguing her termination became public because she filed the suit.
- Kuhn, who worked at the Sterns’ Southampton home after serving as office manager and then executive assistant, alleges a hostile work environment tied to household demands and at‑home cat rescue operations.
- Kuhn’s counsel says they will vigorously oppose dismissal and challenge the authenticity and timing of the documents, with the New York State Supreme Court case likely to shape how NDAs constrain former household staff.