Jeff Bezos accused his girlfriend’s brother of ‘extortion’ in an escalating legal battle over nude photos leaked to the National Enquirer

Date: Feb 04 2020

  • Jeff Bezos in a court filing on Monday accused Michael Sanchez, the brother of his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, of extortion. 
  • According to the Daily Beast, which reviewed the filing made in California, Bezos and his legal team claim that Sanchez is “leveraging the current media environment to harass” Bezos and his own sister for financial gain. 
  • The motion follows a defamation lawsuit from Sanchez on Friday in which he claimed that Bezos falsely told journalists that Sanchez provided Bezos’ nude photos to the National Enquirer.

Jeff Bezos in a court filing on Monday accused Michael Sanchez, the brother of his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, of extorting him via a defamation suit dealing with leaked nude photos of Bezos sent to the National Inquirer.

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