- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is accusing the deputy general counsel of the National Enquirer’s parent company of attempting to extort him. A blog post by Bezos includes a purported email from American Media Inc.'s deputy GC Jon Fine, previously an in-house lawyer at Amazon, setting out proposed terms of a deal in which American Media won’t publish sexually explicit photos of Bezos, and related texts, if Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, lays off investigations of the company and its owner. (BN) (Corporate Counsel) (WaPo)
- The accusations could undermine American Media’s non-prosecution deal with ...
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