FAMILY, FILTHY LUCRE & FORGIVENESS
The Fallout From The Totally Suppre$$ed Lies, Crimes, And Misdeeds of Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez
By now, everyone’s familiar with the lies and half-truths published on the front page of the “respected” Wall Street Journal, and by sleazy online tabloids like The Daily Beast. The story of how my brother-in-law, Jeff Bezos, and my sister, Lauren Sanchez — now Mr. & Mrs. Bezos — pushed me under the bus, is one for the ages.
The agonizing, painful, uphill climb I’ve been forced to endure after being vilified by lazy, unethical “journalists” who were duped by the false and defamatory claims that I sold out Jeff and Lauren in a “politically-motivated” plot to take down Bezos to please President Trump, is something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. All of it will be covered in great detail in my upcoming book, Enough is Enough.
Writing the book has been cathartic. As an added bonus, it’s cleared out many of the disloyal liars, leeches, and starry-eyed family members and fair weather friends who I once blindly trusted. Although I’m blessed with an abundance of loyal friends and loving family members who’ve supported me every step of the way; others, including my own morally bankrupt father and once-close cousins, betrayed me in their desperation to be close to the filthy lucre of the richest and most famous couple on the planet. Telling the whole truth is my top priority. Not my version of the truth — or someone else’s version of the truth — just the whole truth. Period.
Now, on the eve of Anna Wintour’s Met Gala sell out, I want to be upfront and transparent by sharing an intimate story about the devastating betrayal by one of my family members…
In 2024, Cindy, my once-closest cousin, attended my sister’s book signing event in our hometown of Albuquerque. The event occurred after Lauren’s admission in Los Angeles County Superior Court that she falsely accused me of incestuous childhood sexual abuse (statutory rape). Immediately following the event, Cindy sent me a text claiming, “I want to be upfront and transparent.”
I explained that being “upfront and transparent” means you say something before the event. Cindy ignored that simple, commonsense fact. Instead, she muddied the waters with the laughable claim that she went to “confront” my sister. To bolster her dubious claim, Cindy sent a photo showing the bodyguards surrounding Lauren, with a woman’s back in the foreground.
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After I expressed the unimaginable hurt and unbearable pain caused by the “filthy lucre” betrayal on social media, Cindy doubled down with gaslighting attacks and self-serving spin which defies logic and common sense. We didn’t speak for months. For the avoidance of doubt, I’ve attached the initial texts and photo here:
Important to note:
1. In my “Filthy Lucre” post on Facebook, I never mentioned or identified the woman whose back was in the photo Cindy sent — my favorite aunt Diana.
2. Again, the photo was sent to me, by Cindy, to bolster her dubious claim that she went to the book signing to “confront” Lauren, and that four bodyguards prevented her from completing her mission. Look close: the faces of Lauren and the bodyguards are clearly visible. But no one outside of our family would be able to identify Diana — because only her back is visible in the photo Cindy sent to me.
What Cindy didn’t know at the time was that reporters and editors had already sent me wire photos from the book signing — in real time while it was happening — asking, “Is that your mother?” — including this one which I did not post, but could have. It appeared the next day in People Magazine:
Then, after months of estrangement and lots of prayer, I decided that my love for Cindy and her family was more important than her “upfront and transparent” betrayal. So, during an emotional one-hour conversation at Starbucks, I offered to “move forward in peace, without looking back… and without apologies.”
Cindy said, “I need to think about all of this.” She then ghosted me for weeks. Since then, she’s embarked on a relentless campaign of gaslighting which destroyed my cherished relationships with her mother, her sister, Carol, and her daughters.
At this point I have no regrets. I still love Cindy like a sister — and always will. Although we haven’t seen or spoken in months, I pray that someday she’ll forgive me for starting to tell the truth, just as I’ve forgiven her callous betrayal.
Meanwhile… I’m now blessed with the freedom to tell the whole truth. Stay tuned!
– Michael
