
Sunny Hostin et al. Emmanuel Hostin
Joy Malone/Getty ImagesSunny Hostinhusband, Emmanuel “Manny” Hostinhe made headlines after being named in an insurance fraud lawsuit.
According to the legal documents he reviewed Us Weekly January 7, 2025 Emmanuel is one of nearly 200 defendants involved in the lawsuit filed with the Eastern District Court of New York.
A New York-based orthopedic surgeon has been charged with federal insurance fraud and “obtaining bribes by performing surgeries and … billing companies that provided insurance to taxi companies and Uber and Lyft drivers,” he reported Daily Mail.
Emmanuel’s lawyer denied all charges on behalf of his client.
In addition, Sunny has defended her husband and claims that the plaintiff, American Transit, an insurance group that primarily works with ride-sharing drivers, has a “history of filing frivolous claims.”
Continue reading for an overview of the ongoing case:
Who is dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin?
Emmanuel is an orthopedic surgeon from New York with almost 29 years of experience. He graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996 and is the owner of Hostin Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, a practice the surgeon founded in Manhattan in 2006.
Married to Sunny since 1998, the couple share a son Gabrielstudent at Harvard University and a daughter Paloma, student at Cornell University.
What was Dr. accused of? Emmanuel Hostin?
According to the lawsuit he looked at OurEmmanuel is accused of allegedly and “knowingly” providing “false medical and other health care services, including arthroscopic surgeries to covered individuals through Hostin Orthopaedics.” The surgeon was also accused of falsely billing American Transit.
Emmanuel allegedly committed this fraud “in exchange for commissions and/or other benefits that were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.” He denies the allegations.
What is dr. Emmanual Hostin said about the lawsuit?
Emmanuel made the accusations through his lawyer, Daniel John Thwaiteswho said Daily Mail that his client “denies all allegations”.
Thwaites added that the lawsuit is “a blanket, scattered, baseless lawsuit by an insurance carrier that is near bankruptcy.”
“Its intent is to intimidate and bully doctors into not collecting for the care of American Transit policyholders and their passengers,” Thwaites continued. “American Transit rushed to file a lawsuit without ever conducting an examination of Dr. Hostina or expressed any concerns to his lawyers. The real story here is about an insurance carrier abusing the legal system to restrict and limit the health benefits of its policyholders and their passengers, and write off their respective liabilities.”
What did Sunny Hostin say about the lawsuit?

Sunny Hostin
Gary Gershoff/Getty ImagesIn the statement for Entertainment WeeklySunny strongly condemned the “frivolous civil suit” against her husband and approximately 200 other doctors.
“In an attempt to poison the source of public opinion because they do not have a valid case against my husband, American Transit instead used my celebrity status to launch a disgusting media smear campaign against my husband, which included me and our children,” she said. he said. “They plastered pictures of our family all over the tabloids.
American Transit is harassing me and my family in a frantic attempt to not pay their bills. Our family will not be intimidated and bullied. We remain steadfast.”
Hostin confirmed that she kept it Mark Geragos as her attorney and has “warned American Transit and will file a $5 million counterclaim for their defamation claims, an amount likely to increase as the reputational damage intentionally caused by American Transit is difficult to quantify at this time.”
“Furthermore, we demand that they withdraw these false accusations, pay my husband what he owes and issue a public apology,” Sunny continued. “Insurance companies like American Transit are making an already broken health care system nearly impossible for Americans to navigate and get good health care by engaging in nefarious tactics like doctor harassment. To be clear, where I come from, American Transit will get a PhD from FAFO University.”