Jeff Bezos Weighs Options While National Enquirer Publisher Goes on Defensive
- ‘It absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail:’ AMI lawyer
- Bezos released letters threatening to disclose lurid details
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The lawyer for the chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company said there wasn’t any blackmail, extortion or political motivation involved in the fight between the tabloid and Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.
Photos and other details about Bezos’s extramarital affair came from “a reliable source” known to Bezos -- and not from President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia or Trump adviser Roger Stone, said Elkan Abramowitz, an attorney for David Pecker, the chairman of American Media Inc.