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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Accuses 'National Enquirer' Of Extortion Over Personal Photos

In purported emails posted online by Bezos, executives for National Enquirer parent company AMI threaten to publish intimate photos of Bezos if The Washington Post publishes a story about the tabloid.

Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos accused American Media Inc., the parent company of the , of extortion by threatening to publish potentially embarrassing personal photos of him if he did not stop an investigation into how the tabloid obtained other private photos and texts of him and his girlfriend.

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