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Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer publisher of 'extortion'
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SME Times News Bureau | 08 Feb, 2019
Founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff
Bezos has accused the publisher of National Enquirer, an American
tabloid published by American Media Inc. (AMI), of "blackmail" and
"extortion".
Bezos, who is also the owner of The Washington Post,
revealed the explosive details on Thursday in a post on the blogging
platform Medium.
"Rather than capitulate to extortion and
blackmail, I've decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite
the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten," Bezos wrote in the
post while saying that the "top people" at the National Enquirer were
responsible for the extortion and blackmail.
Referring to AMI's
Chairman and CEO, David Pecker, Bezos titled his post "No thank you, Mr.
Pecker" and alleged that AMI threatened to release compromising photos
of him.
"I was made an offer I couldn't refuse," wrote Bezos. "Or
at least that's what the top people at the National Enquirer thought.
I'm glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in
writing."
The dispute follows the publication last month by the
National Enquirer of a story about Bezos and an extramarital affair with
former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez.
Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, are getting divorced after 25 years of marriage, CNN reported.
To
find out how the Enquirer obtained his intimate texts to Sanchez, Bezos
engaged private investigators led by security consultant Gavin de
Becker.
After the investigation was initiated, AMI, Bezos alleged, threatened to release more intimate photos and texts.
"In
the AMI letters I'm making public, you will see the precise details of
their extortionate proposal: They will publish the personal photos
unless Gavin de Becker and I make the specific false public statement to
the press that we 'have no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI's
coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces',"
Bezos wrote.
"If we do not agree to affirmatively publicise that
specific lie, they say they'll publish the photos, and quickly. And
there's an associated threat: They'll keep the photos on hand and
publish them in the future if we ever deviate from that lie," he
alleged.
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