Mr. Bezos also cited the wooing of Prince Mohammed by David J. Pecker, the chief executive of American Media, the publisher of The Enquirer, who was seeking Saudi investment in the company. Last month, the results of a forensic analysis commissioned by Mr. Bezos became public. American Media said in a statement last month that Mr. Sanchez was the “single source” for the exposé. According to an October 2018 contract reviewed by The New York Times, Mr. Sanchez granted American Media the right to publish and license text messages and photographs “documenting an affair between Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez” in exchange for $200,000. In his lawsuit, Mr. Sanchez did not address whether he had provided text messages or photographs, or whether he was compensated by the tabloid.

Source: New York Times February 02, 2020 22:07 UTC