Re: "The View" Host's Husband Caught Up In RICO Lawsuit Alleging Medical Insurance Fraud

Emmanuel �Manny� Hostin, husband of ABC News personality Sunny Hostin, is one
of 200 defendants who were named in a massive RICO case filed in New York
City just before Christmas.
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According to an exclusive report published by The Daily Mail, Hostin and many
others have been accused of taking �kickbacks� and submitting fraudulent
bills to an insurance company that typically insures Uber and Lyft drivers
and cab companies.
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The lawsuit, filed December 17, alleges that �Hostin knowingly provided
fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic
surgeries,� and then reportedly billed American Transit insurance �in
exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as
dividends or other cash distributions.�
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Daniel Thwaites, an attorney representing Hostin, gave a statement to The
Daily Mail, saying that his client �denies each and every allegation� and
referring to the suit as a �blanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a
near-bankrupt insurance carrier.�
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Thwaites further alleged that the insurance company was intentionally
�abusing the legal system� in an effort to �restrict health care benefits to
its insureds and their passengers, and write off its proper obligations.�
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�It is meant to intimidate and harass doctors from collecting for care given
to American Transit insureds and their passengers,� Thwaites added. �American
Transit has rushed into the lawsuit without ever conducting an examination of
Dr. Hostin or expressing any concerns to his lawyers.�
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Sunny Hostin, who regularly cohosts ABC�s midday talk show �The View,� also
serves as a senior legal correspondent and analyst for the network. She is an
attorney who previously worked as a federal prosecutor.
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The Media Research Center�s Nick Fondacaro posted a clip from �The View� in
which Hostin references her husband�s work, including his alleged attempts to
recover payment from health insurance companies by suing them. �[He] operates
on someone even though they don�t have insurance and then has to sue health
insurance companies to get paid for the work that he�s been trained his whole
life to do,� says Hostin.