US tabloid,National Enquirer bought revealing messages between world’s richest man, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his then-secret girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez for $200,000.
Brother of the lady sold the texts to the newspaper, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Enquirer accessed the text messages, and in January reported that Bezos had an extramarital affair with the former news anchor and entertainment reporter — a leak that led to his divorce.
In February, Bezos accused the tabloid’s publisher American Media Inc — led by David Pecker, who has been described as a close friend of Bezos critic President Donald Trump — of trying to blackmail him over lurid photos.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Michael Sanchez sold the text messages, citing people familiar with the matter.
Sanchez told the newspaper he did not want to “dignify” the reporting on the deal and called it “old rumors,”…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
