The Enquirer said it had tracked the couple “across five states and 40,000 miles, tailed them in private jets, swanky limos, helicopter rides, romantic hikes, five-star hotel hideaways, intimate dinner dates and ‘quality time’ in hidden love nests.”
Page Six, which published the news a few hours before the Enquirer, reported that Bezos and his then-wife knew that the Enquirer report was coming out and had timed their divorce announcement to get ahead of the news.
Page Six also reported at the time that Bezos and Sánchez started dating after he and Scott had separated the previous fall, and that Scott knew of the relationship.
The Enquirer said it had gotten its hands on “raunchy messages” and “erotic selfies,” including a text that reportedly read: “I love you, alive girl.”
Bezos later accused The Enquirer’s publisher and its then-CEO of trying to blackmail him.
Bezos bankrolled an investigation into who was leaking his photos and texts to the tabloid, and he wrote in a February 2019 blog post that the publisher threatened to publish explicit photos of Bezos unless he shut down the probe.
The investigation initially pointed to Michael Sánchez, Lauren’s brother, as the leaker, but he has denied the accusations.
