Jeff Bezos seeks $1.7 million in authorized charges from girlfriend’s brother

Jeff Bezos needs $1.7 million from his girlfriend’s brother to cowl authorized charges the world’s second-richest individual racked up efficiently defending a defamation lawsuit.
Lauren Sanchez’s brother, Michael Sanchez, sued Bezos and his safety marketing consultant, Gavin de Becker, claiming they defamed him by telling journalists that Michael had been the supply of nude pictures of Bezos that have been leaked to the National Enquirer. The case was thrown out as a result of Michael Sanchez’s solely proof was that he had heard that from journalists.
Michael Sanchez betrayed his sister and Bezos by promoting their personal communications to the tabloid for $200,000 after which doubled down by submitting a lawsuit, meant to harass Bezos right into a settlement “by threatening discovery and public disclosure of private matters,” Bezos, with a internet value of $193 billion, mentioned in his request filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

“Mr. Bezos’s fee request is obscene, even grotesque, on many levels,” Tom Warren, an legal professional for Michael Sanchez, mentioned in an e mail.
A California state choose in November threw out Sanchez’s lawsuit underneath a state regulation that enables for expedited dismissal of baseless lawsuits over protected speech. Under the anti-Slapp statute, the prevailing defendant is entitled to have authorized prices reimbursed by the plaintiff.
Bezos went public in 2019 with what he mentioned was an extortion try by the National Enquirer. He mentioned it had threatened to publish extra particulars of his relationship with Lauren Sanchez in addition to revealing pictures if he didn’t cease investigating what had prompted a January 2019 expose about their affair whereas Bezos was nonetheless married to MacKenzie Scott. They divorced in 2019.

The case is Sanchez v. Bezos, 20ST-cv-04212, California Superior Court, Los Angeles County.