Amazon's Bezos says National Enquirer tried to blackmail him over 'intimate photos'

FILE PHOTO - Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center's Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Rex Curry

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos posted a blog on Thursday saying the National Enquirer's parent company American Media threatened to blackmail him with the threat of publishing "intimate photos."

Bezos said he declined to make a false public statement at American Media's direction.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington DC; Editing by Bill Rigby)