bezos s love affair with a former tv anchor named lauren sanchez. the enquirer called it the biggest investigation in its history publishing photos of the two as well as private text messages. bezos responded by launching his own investigation to find out how the tabloid and its parent company ami got its hands on those very text messages. and that s where the story gets crazy. an extraordinary post bezos published medium that when word got out about the investigation back to ami chairman david pecker, pecker was furious and just a few days later, bezos says ami approached him with an offer. they told him they did not just have his texts, they also had explicit sexual photos of bezos and sanchez. ami said they would publish those photos if bezos did not meet their demands. if you said that sounds like extortion and blackmail, you re not alone.