Sunny Hostin’s spouse, Emmanuel “Manny” Hostin, garnered attention after being implicated in an insurance fraud lawsuit.
According to legal documents obtained by Us Weekly on January 7, 2025, Emmanuel is among nearly 200 defendants named in a lawsuit filed in the New York Eastern District Court.
The orthopedic surgeon, located in New York, faces accusations of federal insurance fraud and “receiving kickbacks by conducting surgeries and … billing a company that insures taxi companies as well as Uber and Lyft drivers,” as reported by the Daily Mail.
Emmanuel’s lawyer has refuted all claims on his client’s behalf.
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Furthermore, Sunny has stood by her husband, asserting that the plaintiff, American Transit, an insurance organization that mainly serves ride-share drivers, has “a track record of submitting baseless claims.”
Continue reading for a summary of the ongoing case:
Who Is Dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin?
Emmanuel is an orthopedic surgeon practicing in New York City with nearly 29 years of expertise. He graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996 and owns Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, a practice he founded in Manhattan in 2006.
Married to Sunny since 1998, the couple has a son, Gabriel, who is a student at Harvard University, and a daughter, Paloma, who studies at Cornell University.
What Is Dr. Emmanuel Hostin Being Accused of?
As per the lawsuit reviewed by Us, Emmanuel is accused of allegedly and “knowingly” delivering “fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries to Covered Persons through Hostin Orthopaedics.” The surgeon is also charged with fraudulently billing American Transit for these expenses.
Emmanuel purportedly executed this fraud “in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation that were masked as dividends or other cash distributions.” He denies these allegations.
What Has Dr. Emmanuel Hostin Said About the Lawsuit?
Emmanuel responded to the allegations in the lawsuit.