Sunny Hostin Demands a Public Apology

Last week The View co-host Sunny Hostin accused American Transit Insurance of orchestrating a smear campaign against her and her husband [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Sunny wants an apology...

From People

Sunny Hostin is speaking out about a lawsuit against her husband.

According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, who owns an orthopedic and sports medicine clinic in New York, is being sued on claims of fraud by American Transit, an insurance company mainly representing rideshare drivers. Sunny and Emmanuel's attorney, Mark Geragos, spoke with PEOPLE on Tuesday, Jan. 14, claiming the suit has no grounds.

In a separate statement to PEOPLE, The View co-host, 56, echoed Geragos, claiming: "[American Transit is trying] to avoid paying for medical and surgical procedures for people it insured who were in pain."

Legal representatives for American Transit have not responded to PEOPLE's requests for comment.

The lawsuit Sunny is referring to was filed in February 2024 by Uber, alleging that American Transit showed a "pattern and practice of failing to adhere to reasonable claims-handling practices and failing to reasonably resolve claims and lawsuits on its insureds' behalf."

Both Sunny and Geragos alleged that the company — which is suing over 200 defendants — is "on the verge of bankruptcy” and aiming "to poison the well of public opinion because it does not have a valid case” through its lawsuit against her husband.

“[The company] used my celebrity status to start a disgusting media smear campaign against my husband," Sunny alleged in her statement. "Our family will not be intimidated and harassed. We remain unbowed. We have put American Transit on notice and will file a five-million-dollar counter lawsuit for their defamatory claims, an amount that is likely to increase as the reputational damage that American Transit has intentionally caused is difficult to quantify at this time."

In her statement, Sunny asked that American Transit "withdraw these false allegations, pay my husband what he is owed and issue a public apology."

"Insurance companies like American Transit make an already broken healthcare system nearly impossible for Americans to navigate and get good healthcare by engaging in despicable tactics like harassing doctors," she concluded. "Let me be clear, where I come from, American Transit will receive a PhD from FAFO University."