"We have put American Transit on notice and will file a five-million-dollar counter lawsuit for their defamatory claims," Hostin said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin responded to the insurance fraud allegations facing her husband on Tuesday, arguing the company who filed the lawsuit had a history of frivolous claims.

Manny, an orthopedic surgeon, was one of 180 defendants named in American Transit’s suit, which was filed on December 17, 2024, in the New York Eastern District Court. Manny and his practice are accused of receiving “kickbacks by performing surgery and… billing a company that insured taxi companies and Uber and Lyft drivers.”

Sources say "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin's family drama is all the rage at ABC News after her husband was accused of insurance fraud in a sweeping federal lawsuit.

Emmanuel is an orthopedic surgeon based out of New York City with nearly 29 years of experience. He graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996 and is the owner of Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, a practice the surgeon established in Manhattan in 2006.

The Hostins blasted the lawsuit as "baseless," and could want $5 million for damages in a potential countersuit, their lawyer says.

Sunny Hostin, co-host of “The View,” has responded to a lawsuit accusing her husband, Dr. Emmanuel “Manny” Hostin, of insurance fraud. The lawsuit alleges that Dr. Hostin provided fraudulent medical services and billed insurance company American Transit through fraudulent claims.

See if you can spot the difference. When the co-hosts of "The View" gleefully and incessantly attack President-elect Donald Trump, the latter will typically respond with his usual rhetoric, no more, sometimes less.