World’s richest man Jeff Bezos sued by girlfriend’s brother over nude photos
- In lawsuit, Michael Sanchez says Jeff Bezos accused him of leaking nude pictures to the National Enquirer
- Lauren Sanchez accuses brother of ‘deep and unforgivable betrayal’
Jeff Bezos was sued for defamation by his girlfriend’s brother in a lawsuit accusing the Amazon chief executive officer of falsely claiming the brother provided lurid photographs to the National Enquirer.
The lawsuit also names Gavin de Becker, a security consultant who works for Bezos, as a defendant. It accuses Bezos and de Becker of telling journalists that Michael Sanchez provided graphic nude photographs of the Amazon CEO to the tabloid.
In the filing, Michael Sanchez acknowledges he entered a confidential agreement to “cooperate strategically” with American Media, the National Enquirer’s parent company, but said he did so to “get ahead of the story” in an effort to limit the backlash against his sister and Bezos.
He says he didn’t provide the photographs to the Enquirer and couldn’t have been the source for them because he never possessed them.
A lawyer for Bezos, William Isaacson, said Bezos would respond to the accusations in court.