Sunny Hostin Accuses Insurance Company of Smear Campaign

Last week it was reported that The View co-host Sunny Hostin's husband, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, was being accusing of committing insurance fraud [click here if you missed that].

Sunny comes out swinging accusing the insurance company of orchestrating a smear campaign...

From Page Six

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin is defending her husband, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, after he was accused of committing federal insurance fraud.

The couple hired legal eagle Mark Geragos last week we reported, and now Hostin is speaking out against American Transit, the insurance company, alleging the company has “filed a frivolous lawsuit against my husband” as a “desperate attempt to avoid paying for medical and surgical procedures for people it insures who were in pain,” she said in an exclusive statement to Page Six on Monday morning.

On Sunday, Geragos sent a letter to American Transit’s lawyers, threating to countersue for $5 million if the company did not withdraw its case and issue an apology.

Sunny — who is also an attorney — said in her statement that the $5 million figure is “an amount that is likely to increase as the reputational damage that American Transit has intentionally caused is difficult to quantify at this time.”

The ABC host also accused the insurer of using her celebrity status on the daytime talk show to “start a disgusting media smear campaign against my husband, which included me and our children.”

“American Transit is harassing me and my family in a frantic attempt to not pay its bills. Our family will not be intimidated and harassed. We remain unbowed,” she said in the statement.