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Sunny Hostin: The Former Federal Prosecutor With the Facts!

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bannana
bannana

They are absolutely dragging NutMeg! (btw, one of the comments on Ana's Intsagram referred to Meghan as NutMeg, wonder if she is one our gang?!) They are in the Hamptons, as opposed to doing jel

RHJunkie
RHJunkie

I have to hand it Sunny, she has iced out Meghan with the utmost professionalism. Her body language says 'I don't fuck with you anymore' but the way she engages with the panel as a whole isn't out of

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“Sunny Shutting Down Abby & Meghan On The View 18 Min Straight”

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1 minute ago, maggiemae said:

Let alone wife...she loves the attention in a bar...without Manny, but there is not a chance in hell Manny could go to a bar without her.

She can have mad crushes on men like Idris but Manny cannot bring home a b-day cake to share with the family from a co-worker.

 

I know Sunny is a pretty traditional person, so that plays a part in her ways. But are there any other reasons she's jealous if the jealousy isn't played up for show? Did she get cheated on in a prior relationship? Was Manny a ladies man in his younger days?

I know men who've been gifted inappropriate things by women (like underwear), but a cake on a birthday is innocent unless there was something more to it. 

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Back Atcha

Back Atcha

I bet Jealous Sunny is SEETHING!  Alyssa continues to be on various "news" panels regarding politics and NOW...she'll be on George Stephanopoulas Sunday show.  I'm sorry that Sunny is jealous...and I know most people can't control it.  It's just a bit fun to think that newbie Alyssa is getting national news exposure often because of her expertise in current political situations.

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falltime

falltime

After the dog segment some were wondering if Sunny had small dogs. Here is her Instagram for her pets.

https://www.instagram.com/hostinsanimalhouse?igsh=MTN2d3RlNWpiNWN6eg==

The pets of Hostin Manor. 2 Newfies - Finn&Harlow, 1 Chiwoxy - Chanel, 2 cats -Luna & Olivier, 12 hens, 2 bee hives

Her dog Marley died earlier this year.

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Gemma Violet

Gemma Violet

On 12/26/2023 at 8:19 PM, falltime said:

The pets of Hostin Manor. 2 Newfies - Finn&Harlow, 1 Chiwoxy - Chanel, 2 cats -Luna & Olivier, 12 hens, 2 bee hives

I knew she had chickens, but I thought it was only 4 or 5.  Wow, I'll bet they have fresh eggs every morning for breakfast.

On another note, Alyssa and Ana were at the CNN table last night discussing Ron Desantis's Town Hall.  I couldn't help but imagine Sunny watching at home, wondering why she, the former federal prosecutor, was not at that table.

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Gemma Violet

Gemma Violet

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Sunny was on Finding Your Roots tonight.  Her great-great-great grandfather on her father's side was born a slave, but later registered to vote numerous times despite intimidation and terrorism. 

Conversely, Sunny's great-great-great grandfather on her mother's side was himself a slaveholder in Puerto Rico.  Sunny was quite taken aback to learn that. 

She was also taken aback to learn her ancestors on her mother's side originally came from Spain before immigrating to Puerto Rico.  When asked why she wasn't thrilled to learn about her Spanish roots, she explained it was because of their colonialism.  (I'm not understanding why she was surprised that Spanish speaking Puerto Ricans had roots in Spain.)  The host, Henry Louis Gates, seemed to think the same thing as I did, as he said something like, "Did you think they came out of thin air?" 

  

 

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon

16 hours ago, Gemma Violet said:

Sunny was on Finding Your Roots tonight.  Her great-great-great grandfather on her father's side was born a slave, but later registered to vote numerous times despite intimidation and terrorism. 

Conversely, Sunny's great-great-great grandfather on her mother's side was himself a slaveholder in Puerto Rico.  Sunny was quite taken aback to learn that. 

She was also taken aback to learn her ancestors on her mother's side originally came from Spain before immigrating to Puerto Rico.  When asked why she wasn't thrilled to learn about her Spanish roots, she explained it was because of their colonialism.  (I'm not understanding why she was surprised that Spanish speaking Puerto Ricans had roots in Spain.)  The host, Henry Louis Gates, seemed to think the same thing, as he said something like, "Did you think they came out of thin air?" 

  

 

People like this always confuse me.  Like, has Sunny not seen her mother?  She's even referred to her mother as "white" before, so where did she think that whiteness came from?  If you're Hispanic, odds are you're a mixture of Spanish and Native American, sometimes with black thrown in the mix.  It's just so weird to me that people could be so ignorant, especially about their own heritage.

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sugarbaker design

sugarbaker design

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On 2/7/2024 at 2:08 PM, Snapdragon said:

It's just so weird to me that people could be so ignorant, especially about their own heritage.

It's beyond ignorance to not realize that most Puerto Ricans have Spanish ancestry.  That's a willful ignorance.  Where did she think they got their language from?

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon

3 hours ago, sugarbaker design said:

It's beyond ignorance to not realize that most Puerto Ricans have Spanish ancestry.  That's a willful ignorance.  Where did she think they got their language from?

What's most baffling is that I pulled up the episode where they do the DNA test and Sunny's came back with 36% European (or something close to that) and they broke down that most of it was from Spain, so she knew that she was about a third Spanish.  It's also odd to me that she said her mother had always put "black" down for race.  I'm sorry, what?  Why would she do that?  And in her memoir, Sunny talks about how her mother's side always referred to her as "negrita" (little black one) since she was darker than them.  So why is she so surprised that she's part Spanish?  I just can't!  Especially for someone like Sunny that claims to be so into their heritage.  If you never cared about your heritage and had never given it a second thought, then fine but it's weird to me that Sunny never connected the dots to how Spanish her Puerto Rican side was.  

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Gemma Violet

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they broke down that most of it was from Spain, so she knew that she was about a third Spanish

 

It's really weird that she was so shocked about her Spanish roots.  I looked up Puerto Rico on Wikipedia and it says (bolding mine):

 

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One genetic study on the racial makeup of Puerto Ricans (including all races) found them to be roughly around 61% West Eurasian/North African (overwhelmingly of Spanish provenance), 27% Sub-Saharan African and 11% Native American.

It also says that although there were immigrants from other countries, i.e. France, Scotland, Germany, etc., most of the immigrants were from Spain and Spanish colonies.  

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Pearson80

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10 hours ago, Shrek said:

Because she chose to ignore the fact that she was 36% European which would then equate to her being at a minimum one third Spanish as it didn't meet her woe is me, I'm a poor put upon dark skinned woman & I deserve reparations narrative that she is always spouting.

She is probably hoping that people forget all this soon so that she can go back to her woe is me act.

  Sunny having European heritage does not negate her wanting reparations.  The raping of Black women  by white men was systematic and common in all colonies whether they were British, French Portuguese Spanish Danish Dutch and American. What is your point with that offensive comment?  A lot Black people in the US, the Caribbean and Latin America have White male ancestors. 

What does reparations have to do with a Black person's genetic makeup. Again, my ancestors had no agency over their bodies were raped and children were born of that violence.  During slavery in the USA, there were sex farms and breeding farms that had to do with the raping of Black women and young girls. 

Sunny is not a dark skinned Black woman.  She is a light-skinned Black woman who is mixed. The constant microaggressions against Sunny is disgusting  unbelievable but not surprising. 

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HerkyJerky

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On 2/15/2024 at 8:02 AM, sugarbaker design said:

It's beyond ignorance to not realize that most Puerto Ricans have Spanish ancestry.  That's a willful ignorance.  Where did she think they got their language from?

A real-life example is from the current season of "Love is Blind". (Does anybody here watch that show?) There's a nice-looking woman there from Puerto Rico who says she still has relatives back in Barcelona.

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon

1 hour ago, HerkyJerky said:

A real-life example is from the current season of "Love is Blind". (Does anybody here watch that show?) There's a nice-looking woman there from Puerto Rico who says she still has relatives back in Barcelona.

I love Love is Blind!  My husband and are going to start the new season tonight after the kids go to bed.  We just finished the Swedish season and that was wild!

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GiveMeSpace

GiveMeSpace

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I wish someone on the show would ask Sunny, if her daughter has an ectopic pregnancy or her life was threatened by a pregnancy,  would she think an abortion was wrong then. This a woman who said she would help hide a body for her kids. 

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Haleth

Haleth

10 hours ago, GiveMeSpace said:

I wish someone on the show would ask Sunny, if her daughter has an ectopic pregnancy or her life was threatened by a pregnancy,  would she think an abortion was wrong then. This a woman who said she would help hide a body for her kids. 

Of course not.  She picks and chooses her Cath-o-lic beliefs based on her own family situation.

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atomic

atomic

Sunny seems very obsessive about her weight. She was on Live with Kelly & Mark this morning and had to mention how she gained four whole pounds on a recent trip to Spain. Seems like someone who checks the scale a lot and obviously doesn't need to. And of course she previously shared on The View about how she promptly got on Mounjaro after gaining a few extra pounds at the height of the pandemic. I hope she doesn't negatively impact her teenage daughter by being like this when research has shown how important of a role mothers play in their daughters' own body images and eating behaviors.

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GHScorpiosRule

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5 hours ago, atomic said:

Sunny seems very obsessive about her weight. She was on Live with Kelly & Mark this morning and had to mention how she gained four whole pounds on a recent trip to Spain. Seems like someone who checks the scale a lot and obviously doesn't need to. And of course she previously shared on The View about how she promptly got on Mounjaro after gaining a few extra pounds at the height of the pandemic. I hope she doesn't negatively impact her teenage daughter by being like this when research has shown how important of a role mothers play in their daughters' own body images and eating behaviors.

Oh the horror! A full four pounds!!!!! Give me a fucking break. Where did she gain it? In her ass? Like I've posted before, the camera adds 10 pounds, and I didn't see her look any different during Covid or recently.

She can just BITE ME.

Is she pre-diabetic or diabetic? No.

Is she obese? No.

She has no business taking Mounjaro or Ozempic, or any of these drugs that are meant for those that really need it. And it's not like you take it, then stop, then take it again when she feels she needs to lose "weight" again. You have to stay on it; and there are long term consequence.

Again, BITE ME, Sunny.

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Gemma Violet

Gemma Violet

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Weird interview--kind of uncomfortable, with lots of forced laughter on Sunny's part.  I don't envy whomever Gabriel chooses for a life partner.  Sunny won't want to share Gabriel with another person. 

There's no way Sunny didn't know that Gabriel didn't read her books.

I love the back yard.

 

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atomic

atomic

That Twitter account that went after Sunny's daughter is a joke. They try to get people canceled for the most benign things and also called out Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's teenage daughter for being antisemitic because she wore a shirt with a watermelon on it.

I'm sure Paloma got bombarded with online hatred from this and I hope she's ok. It's sad that these are the types of things these bullies reserve their outrage for and not the actual horrors that civilians are being subjected to in Gaza right now.

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falltime

falltime

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Gemma Violet

Gemma Violet

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Article on Sunny's husband Manny:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14243993/The-View-Sunny-Hostin-surgeon-husband-Emmanuel-insurance-fraud-claim.html

The View co-host Sunny Hostin's surgeon husband Emmanuel accused of insurance fraud in bombshell lawsuit

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Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin is among nearly 200 defendants named in one of the largest RICO cases ever filed in New York.

He and many of the others are accused or getting kickbacks by performing surgery and fraudulently billing a company that insures taxi companies and Uber and Lyft drivers.

‘Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries,’ the lawsuit, filed on December 17, claims.The insurance firm American Transit was then billed ‘in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other
cash distributions.’Hostin's attorney Daniel Thwaites told DailyMail.com his client 'denies each and every allegation' and called the lawsuit a 'blanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier'.

 

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Prairie Rose

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34 minutes ago, Gemma Violet said:

Article on Sunny's husband Manny:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14243993/The-View-Sunny-Hostin-surgeon-husband-Emmanuel-insurance-fraud-claim.html

The View co-host Sunny Hostin's surgeon husband Emmanuel accused of insurance fraud in bombshell lawsuit

 

YIKES!! 

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TheGreenKnight

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Well, there's no doubt certain circles (like the DailyMail) have the crosshairs on Sunny these days, it's crazy the hatred they have for her. Although I guess it's not really surprising, when you're good at delivering truth, you always draw a lot of fire. Almost reminds me of how the DailyMail obsessed over Rosie O'Donnell and Rosie Perez daily back in 2015; probably not a coincidence at all that McCain, who seemed to make it her mission to damage the show as much as possible, now works there. Would not be surprised at all that they might try to dig up or create a story about someone connected to Sunny for politically-motivated reasons*. But at least it's something that really has nothing to do with her specifically, since it's about her husband and not her. 

 

* Coincidentally, you can scroll up and find there was another DailyMail story about Sunny's daughter posted (by the same poster at that) just a little time ago. Interesting...

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Gemma Violet

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3 hours ago, Haleth said:

Regardless of who is reporting it, if the NYDA filed a suit there must be something to it.

Right, it's not a made-up story.  Of course, Manny is presumed innocent until proven guilty.  Here's another source:

Insurance Company Sues Over 180 Health Care Providers for Fraud Under RICO

https://www.law.com/2024/12/19/insurance-company-sues-over-180-health-care-providers-for-fraud-under-rico/?slreturn=20250108-45247

The article includes the full complaint (698 pages).

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American Transit Insurance Co. is seeking to recover $450 million in compensatory damages from over 180 healthcare providers for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims.

The case is purportedly one of the largest insurance fraud actions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act filed in New York.

But it drew fire from Steven Harfenist of Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein, who has represented at least 75 defendants in similar cases, said this could be a strategy to obtain settlements with providers and entities that cannot afford to participate in litigation.

Counsel has not officially appeared for the defendant yet, but Harfenist said he is set to be involved in the case.

The plaintiffs filed the case in the Eastern District of New York, and are represented by Manning & Kass and Cadwalder, Wickersham & Taft.

"No-fault fraud is a huge problem in New York. American Transit filed a lawsuit as part of its statutory responsibility to fight such fraud," William J. Natbony, Counsel at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft said. "The allegations in the complaint speak for themselves.”

American Transit Insurance insures taxis, livery cars and ride-share vehicles in New York City. According to the complaint, the defendants, Surgicore, LLC centers, management and doctors, were accused of submitting fraudulent claims by being improperly licensed, billing for medically unnecessary services, illegal kickbacks and charging bills in excess than what defendants can obtain under the Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance Reparations Act, known as New York's no-fault law.

Harfenist said cases like this have been in circulation since the late 90's, but "nobody ever paid attention to them."

These lawsuits surfaced because insurance carriers would deny medical claims, often for lack of medical necessity, which "developed a receivable, and the manner in which you can collect a receivable is either through litigation or arbitration."

"In these arbitrations, the insurance companies were not faring well," Harfenist said. "Along came, to some degree, a group of some bad actors. In every industry, there is some fraud. What [the insurance companies] realized in bringing these recovery actions against these fraudulent actors is that they could use this as a claims avoidance tool."

Now, many RICO claims have been filed against entities and individuals in the medical care field, but Harfenist claimed the majority of these cases should not be brought under RICO.

"The medical providers couldn't afford to fight, so these billion-dollar insurance companies brought the weight down on these medical providers. These cases would get resolved because the providers couldn't afford to litigate ... They've become a very effective tool in wiping out large swaths of receivables."

In this case and many others, the defendants are smaller practices, which have become easy targets for quick resolutions, Harfenist said.

American Transit Insurance reported in August in its Q2 statement that it was insolvent with over $700 million in losses. Harfenist argued this action "looks like a Hail Mary" for the company.

The complaint is filled with "boilerplate" arguments, Harfensit said.

"Basically, they're saying any doctor that ever performed any type of procedure at any of these surgery centers is involved in a conspiracy," he said.

Harfenist said he hopes there will be regulatory change to deal with how insurance carriers respond to no-fault claims.

"I don't think it's gotten any real legislative interest in terms of reform to sort of balance out these cases," Harfenist said, "because none of them really result in verdicts."

 

 

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Gemma Violet

Gemma Violet

5 hours ago, andidante said:

I wonder if she will address this on the show?

She did the podcast yesterday and mentioned Manny's name in one of her anecdotes, but didn't talk about it.  I don't think she'll talk about it publicly.  Being a 'former federal prosecutor,' she knows it's better to be publicly silent, don't bring more attention to it, and let it be settled at the trial.  But I'll bet it's killing her not to defend Manny publicly.

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TheGreenKnight

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17 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

Tell that to Julie Chen Moonves.

Pretty big differences there. Moonves was accused of sexual harassment (maybe more? I forget all the details). Moreover, her husband ran the network she worked on and her show only existed in the first place because she was wife of the CBS head. Even then, she could've stayed. From what she said at the time, other co-hosts on The Talk made it clear they would exit if she stayed and she ultimately decided to leave with her husband.

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Gemma Violet

Gemma Violet

3 hours ago, TheGreenKnight said:

other co-hosts on The Talk made it clear they would exit if she stayed 

I didn't know that, but she stayed on Big Brother.  I'm glad because I can't imagine Big Brother without the Chenbot. 😊  (For non-BB-watchers, that's the fans' endearing nickname for her.  She knows about it and laughs along.)

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RealHousewife

13 hours ago, TheGreenKnight said:

Pretty big differences there. Moonves was accused of sexual harassment (maybe more? I forget all the details). Moreover, her husband ran the network she worked on and her show only existed in the first place because she was wife of the CBS head. Even then, she could've stayed. From what she said at the time, other co-hosts on The Talk made it clear they would exit if she stayed and she ultimately decided to leave with her husband.

Yeah I see the situations as apples and oranges.

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