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A LAWYER for the National Enquirer has denied allegations by Jeff Bezos that the US tabloid had tried to extort and blackmail him, insisting that embarrassing photographs were obtained from a 鈥渞eliable鈥 source.
鈥淚t absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail,鈥 Elkan Abramowitz, who represents National Enquirer parent company American Media Inc鈥橲 chief executive David Pecker, told ABC television鈥檚 鈥淭his Week.鈥
鈥淲hat happened was the story was given to the National Enquirer by a reliable source that had been given information to the National Enquirer for seven years prior to the story. It was a source that was well known to both Mr Bezos and Miss (Lauren) Sanchez.鈥
Last month, the supermarket tabloid reported that Bezos, 55, had an extramarital affair with a former news anchor, publishing a trove of private text messages. The report appeared days after Bezos and his wife MacKenzie announced their divorce.
When asked if the Enquirer鈥檚 source was Sanchez鈥檚 brother Michael, as reported by some media outlets, Abramowitz declined to confirm.
鈥淚t was a person that was known to both Bezos and Ms Sanchez,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 can tell you it鈥檚 not Saudi Arabia, it鈥檚 not President Trump, it鈥檚 not Roger Stone. But I cannot tell you who the source is.鈥
The attorney was responding to Bezos鈥檚 stunning claims published on online platform Medium on Thursday.
Bezos hinted he may have been targeted by pro-Trump forces in part because of coverage by The Washington Post, which he owns, of the murder of its contributor Jamal Khashoggi, strangled and dismembered by Saudi agents in the kingdom鈥檚 Istanbul consulate in October.
Abramowitz insisted the Enquirer鈥檚 exchanges with Bezos were journalistic negotiating practices, not extortion.
鈥淚 think both Bezos and AMI had interests in resolving their differences. Bezos didn鈥檛 want another story written about him or those pictures published, AMI did not want to have the libel against them that this was inspired by the White House, inspired by Saudi Arabia or inspired by The Washington Post.鈥
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