File photo of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Photo: AP
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Billionaire Amazon boss Jeff Bezos mulled buying National Enquirer to find leaker of nude photos, says girlfriend’s brother
- Brother of celebrity Lauren Sanchez said she tried to show him one of the photos and suggested she may have shared them with her friends
Jeff Bezos sent his girlfriend more than a dozen crotch shots and considered buying the National Enquirer’s parent company to discover who leaked the nude shots of the billionaire to the publication, said Michael Sanchez, the brother of Bezos’ girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez.
Publicist and talent manager Michael Sanchez claims Bezos sent his sister 20 X-rated photos, which somehow made their way to the National Enquirer. But he adamantly denies he was the leaker.
“I had nothing to do with leak of the d*** pics,” Michael Sanchez said in an interview with Vanity Fair released on Thursday. “That’s the important thing. I never had access. It’s clear they were sent to others.”
He believes his sister shared the revealing photos with friends.
“One time, she tried to show me one and I was like, ‘What ... is wrong with you? I don’t want to see that!” Michael claims to have said to her.
Television personality Lauren Sanchez at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 26, 2012 in West Hollywood, California. Photo: AFP
Michael Sanchez also stated he and Bezos talked about buying American Media, which owns various high-profile magazines including the National Enquirer.
“We discussed the possibility to buy AMI – not to kill the story, but to find out the source,” Michael Sanchez said. “They said that’s not a bad idea.”
This latest Bezos drama comes just a month after he and his wife, MacKenzie, announced they were divorcing after 25 years of marriage.