{"id":52583,"date":"2025-07-09T23:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52583\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T23:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:13:09","slug":"insurer-apologizes-and-withdraws-case-against-manny-hostin-the-doctor-husband-of-the-view-co-host-sunny-hostin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52583\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurer apologizes and withdraws case against Manny Hostin, the doctor husband of ‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like an insurance company earned its \u201cPHD from FAFO University\u201d \u2014 as Sunny Hostin told us they would<\/a>.<\/p>\n

American Transit accused the \u201cView\u201d co-host\u2019s doctor husband, Dr. Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Hostin, along with 200 other medics, of fraudulently making insurance claims<\/a>, and getting kickbacks, in one of the biggest RICO cases ever filed in New York. <\/p>\n

The Hostins lawyered up, threatened to countersue for $5 million, and accused the insurance company of \u201charrassing [their] family.]\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, American Transit issued a mea culpa and agreed to pay Dr. Hostin for the claims he submitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Hostin was named primarily because he holds a small share of a surgical center that was involved in the dispute,\u201d American Transit said in a statement posted on its website, \u201cAfter further discussions with Dr. Hostin and his attorneys and investigation by ATIC, ATIC has voluntarily withdrawn the suit against Dr. Hostin, and dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n

American Transit dismissed the lawsuit against Sunny Hostin\u2019s husband Dr. Emmanuel \u2018Manny\u2019 Hostin. Getty Images for Bezos Courage and Civility Awards<\/p>\n

The Hostins have been married since 1998. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Additionally, it said \u201cATIC has agreed to make payment on the invoices submitted by Dr. Hostin to ATIC.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also expressed deep regret for \u201cany public speculation against Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, his wife, Sunny Hostin, or his children, which may have resulted from the lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Hostin, an orthopedic surgeon, was one of 200 doctors named in the lawsuit, alleging that he \u201cknowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries.\u201d (That\u2019s using a camera inserted through a tiny hole to check out joint damage).<\/p>\n

Dr. Emmanuel one of 200 doctors named in the civil RICO lawsuit. GC Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe View\u201d co-host slammed the lawsuit as \u201cfrivolous.\u201d The View\/ABC<\/p>\n

His attorney, Daniel Thwaites, slammed the filing as a \u201cblanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple also hired power attorney Mark Geragos<\/a>, who threatened to countersue for $5 million if ATIC did not issue an apology and withdraw its case against the doc. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, \u201cThe View\u201d co-host blasted the lawsuit as \u201cfrivoulous\u201d and accused the insurer in a statement to Page Six at the time of \u201charassing me and my family in a frantic attempt to not pay its bills.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOur family will not be intimidated and harassed. We remain unbowed,\u201d she told us.<\/p>\n

\u201cInsurance 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The Hostins accused American Transit of harassing their family\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s attorney accused the isnurer of \u2018weaponizing\u2019 Sunny\u2019s celebrity. ABC<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear, where I come from, American Transit will receive a PHD from FAFO University,\u201d Sunny said. (That\u2019s \u201c\u2018F\u2019 Around and Find Out,\u201d for those not in the habit of pissing off Sunny).<\/p>\n

Lesson learned!<\/p>\n

Geragos told us, \u201cIn what can be described as a blatant attempt to weaponize Sunny Hostin\u2019s celebrity [American Transit] tried to leverage a settlement. Dr. Hostin and Sunny refused to fold. They fought back.\u201d,<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cDr. Hostin, Sunny Hostin, and their family have been fully vindicated. It is an honor to represent the family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks like an insurance company earned its \u201cPHD from FAFO University\u201d \u2014 as Sunny Hostin told us…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[39278,172,171,16984,6219,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-52583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-celebrity-lawsuits","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-sunny-hostin","12":"tag-the-view","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114825816276642863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}