National Enquirer's publisher paid the brother of Jeff Bezos' mistress $200,000 for racy texts that the Amazon founder sent to her, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Michael Sanchez, the brother of Bezos' lover Lauren Sanchez, allegedly sold those private messages to American Media Inc. for the hefty sum, people familiar with the matter told the publication. Bezos and his allies had earlier speculated that the White House or Saudi Arabia might have been involved in the publication's expose.that Michael Sanchez supplied the texts to the supermarket tabloid. NBC News has not independently confirmed the Journal's or The Daily Beast's reporting.
Sanchez told the Journal that he did not want to “dignify” its reporting on the contract he struck; he described the reporting on the contract as"old rumors" from anonymous sources. He also denied sending “the many penis selfies” but declined to comment to the newspaper on whether he provided photos of Bezos to the tabloid.
The Enquirer published an 11-page story on the affair between Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, a former news anchor and entertainment reporter, in January. Bezos announced that he and his wife MacKenzie were splitting up after 25 years after the outlet approached him for comment days earlier. Trump has railed against Bezos over The Washington Post's coverage of his administration as well as against Amazon. Trump has also had a close relationship with Pecker and AMI that goes back decades.
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