The mistress of Jeff Bezos's brother claims that a $ 200,000 deal with National Enquirer was a "deal with the devil"

Michael Sanchez, the brother of Jeff Bezos's mistress, admitted he had reached an "agreement with the devil" and received $ 200,000 from the National Enquirer in exchange for helping the tabloid break the story of the extramarital affair of the CEO of Amazon.

Sanchez said he did so to protect his sister, Lauren Sanchez, and his new flame, Bezos, because he wanted the news of their story to be made public after their two wives had been informed, according to Page Six.

It does not seem that Lauren Sanchez felt that her brother's intentions were good, because she cut ties with this man who is not only his brother or sister, but who was also a manager and a journalist.

Although Michael Sanchez admits to having revealed this case and has leaked text messages to Enquirer, he categorically denies having obtained intimate photos, including "selfies" of the bads of Bezos.

"I may have helped the investigator tell his story," he told Page Six.

"But I never had access to selfies of the penis."

These are the "penile selfies" that, according to Bezos, the parent company of Enquirer, American Media, Inc., used to extort him.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that AMI had paid $ 200,000 to Michael Sanchez to get intimate texts between Amazon's CEO and his sister.

The findings of the Review, attributed to people familiar with the subject, correspond to the conclusion drawn by private investigators working for Bezos at the beginning of February.

These investigators reportedly discovered that Michael Sanchez had disclosed the texts to Enquirer, although they apparently did not find who could have paid them.

Bezos said that AMI had threatened to release explicit photos of him unless he stopped investigating how Enquirer got his private dealings and said publicly that his cover did not cover him. was not for political purposes.

Last month, Bezos and Sanchez reportedly had a secret meeting in one of Bezos' multi-million dollar Manhattan properties around Valentine's Day.

But Page Six reported Tuesday that sources close to Bezos strongly denied the date.

In fact, the two have not met since the story of their relationship became public, according to a source.

"This is largely due to their decision to do nothing and spend time with their children, who have not been warned of the story of Enquirer and now have to deal with it." Intense public interest and paparazzi looking, "the source said on page six.

The source partly blamed Michael Sanchez.

"Michael does not do him any favors by keeping his sister's name in the press," the source said.

"He can honestly believe that he's defending Lauren, but in many ways, he's doing more to … dump his relationship with Jeff."

The relationship between brothers and sisters seems to be broken.

In the weeks following National Enquirer's presentation, Michael Sanchez contacted the Washington Post, which the newspaper owns, to serve as an "informal point of contact" to obtain information about his sister.

& # 39; For obvious reasons, I can not go into details by email and all my communications must be completely confidential.

& # 39; I contact you, informally. I will be your sole point of contact for all things Lauren. I would appreciate that we could keep (a) line of open communication, "he said in a January email," a few days later "that Enquirer had published its explosive article.

Over the weeks, details revealed that he was one of the people interviewed by Bezos' private security manager, Gavin De Becker, to identify the source of the leak.

De Becker did not explicitly designate it as the source, but he is the only person he named as the subject of his investigation.

Several sources from AMI told the Daily Beast that it is Michael Sanchez who told them the story. They also claimed that it was acting as a leak for other customers.

On Tuesday night, the Washington Post published its communication with Michael Sanchez and revealed the fact that he and Lauren were not talking anymore.

He also released, for the first time, the details of his 2010 bankruptcy filing and the fact that Lauren, a former TV host turned pilot, lent him $ 165,000.

After the broadcast of the story, Michael Sanchez attacked his tone and said in an email to The Post: "It's very simple: Jeff Bezos had an extramarital affair, he lied about it in his "divorce" deaf-mute and engaged. in a scorched earth campaign to conceal the responsibility for the disappearance of two families and the inability to protect privacy and human technology, which holds virtually the cloud, culminating in a Washington article Post written by Sarah Ellison, the writer I chose to tell the whole truth.

According to the newspaper, Michael Sanchez has already sold the stories of other customers. Among them is Scottie Nell Hughes.

She said she was "sorry" to learn a recording proving that Michael Sanchez had discussed the details of his case against Fox News in 2017 with the publication.

Hughes sued the network claiming that she had been raped by Charles Payne.

In his interview with The Post, Michael Sanchez failed to mention that he and his sister had not spoken for weeks.

"I have been managing my sister since the day she returned from the hospital for 49 years.

This is a message I want to convey. Even when she and I quarreled when we were kids, at school or when, if someone said a word against her, I defend her and protect her until the end. That's the essence of my relationship with my sister, "he said.

It seems, however, that it was Lauren Sanchez who was the protector of recent years, lending at least $ 165,000 to her brother when he was preparing for bankruptcy in 2010 and appointing him director and publicist.

Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are not yet known in public as an official couple after the National Enquirer published in January an article about their affair and the exchange of messages, following the announcement made by Bezos on January 9, according to which his wife and MacKenzie separated. after 26 years of marriage.

Private investigators working for Bezos concluded that Michael Sanchez, a supporter of President Trump, had leaked intimate text messages from the couple to each other at the National Enquirer.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Michael Sanchez denied any involvement in the leak of "selfies under the belt".

"I have nothing to do with leaking images of the ** d ** k. That's the important thing, "said Sanchez, adding that he is" likely "Lauren shared them.

Michael Sanchez played timidly in this interview saying, "I'm not saying that I did not do anything. Until I take an oath, what I can tell you now, is that since April 20, when I met Jeff, my only goal is to protect Jeff and Lauren.

On February 7, Bezos wrote an article on Medium including e-mails from Dylan Howard, content manager at American Media (AMI), publisher of the National Enquirer, in which he threatened to publish explicit photos and content about Bezos. & # 39; relationship with Sanchez.

President of the AMI, David Pecker has denied extortion or blackmail to the tabloid by threatening to publish the explicit photos of Amazon's CEO.

In his initial article, the investigator said that the journalists followed Bezos and Sanchez "in five states and traveling 40,000 km" and "followed them behind in private jets, chic limousines, helicopter rides, romantic hikes, hideaways of five-star hotels, intimate dinners the weather "in hidden love nests. & nbsp; & # 39;