The View co-host Sunny Hostin’s husband, Emmanuel Hostin, has been accused of federal insurance fraud. The orthopedic surgeon, who has been named one of the defendants in the high-profile racketeering case in New York, stands accused of engaging in fraudulent medical practices to secure kickbacks from an insurance company.

The suit, filed in December 2024, claims that Hostin was involved in a scheme where he performed surgeries, specifically arthroscopic procedures, and then billed an insurance company covering Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers. American Transit claims that these actions were part of a larger scheme involving fraudulent billing practices that resulted in significant financial losses for the company. The case names Emmanuel as one of 200 defendants accused of fraud, with American Transit seeking $450 million in damages.

Hostin has denied the allegations via a statement by Daniel John Thwaites, his attorney. The lawyer described the lawsuit as “meritless” and argued that it...