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source'Extortion and blackmail': Jeff Bezos goes public with National Enquirer correspondence
Jeff Bezos is taking what he calls an attempt at "extortion and blackmail" public after investigating how the National Enquirer got a hold of his text messages.
A few weeks after Jeff Bezos' sexts were leaked, the Amazon founder has a response. Specifically to the National Enquirer, who he claims has resorted to "extortion and blackmail" to avoid any further investigation of why they published.
The National Enquirer published a selection of text messages between Bezos and his girlfriend, media personality Lauren Sanchez, earlier in the year, exposing what they called a four-month long relationship. Though the internet delighted in pouring across Bezos' specific form of expression, the billionaire stayed relatively mum on the issue, stating only that he wouldn't stand in the way of coverage.
Behind the scenes, according to a Medium post published by Bezos on Thursday, he enlisted the help of investigators to discover how National Enquirer got a hold his text messages.
In the post, Bezos says he was threatened with the further publication of not just sexts between him and Sanchez, but also intimate photos the pair sent each other, unless he released a statement saying the company was never "politically motivated or influenced by political forces."
Bezos notes in his post that AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer, "recently entered into an immunity deal with the Department of Justice related to their 'catch and kill' process on behalf of President Trump and his election campaign." Bezos writes that he believes that his ownership of The Washington Post was part of what motivated the paper's publication of his messages.
AMI allegedly approached Bezos after learning about his private investigation into how they got his text messages and tried to convince him to shut the investigation down.
The photos in question include a "full-length body selfie of Mr. Bezos wearing just a pair of tight black boxer-briefs or trunks," and a "naked selfie in a bathroom," among others, according to an email allegedly sent by Dylan Howard, the chief content officer of AMI.
"In the interests of expediating this situation, and with The Washington Post poised to publish unsubstantiated rumors of The National Enquirer's initial report, I wanted to describe to you the photos obtained during our newsgathering." Howard allegedly wrote before describing a handful of photos. "It would give no editor pleasure to send this email. I hope common sense can prevail — and quickly."
AMI claims that the images were newsworthy, and thus they are not in violation of any copyright issues that would prevent them from publishing.
"These communications cement AMI's long-earned reputation for weaponizing journalistic privileges, hiding behind important protections, and ignoring the tenets and purpose of true journalism," Bezos wrote. "Of course I don't want personal photos published, but I also won't participate in their well-known practice of blackmail, political favors, political attacks, and corruption."
