Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend likely won’t be deposed in brother’s suit

Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend Lauren Sanchez probably won’t have to be questioned under oath as part of her brother’s defamation lawsuit against the world’s richest man.

A California state court judge on Friday tentatively rejected Michael Sanchez’s argument that he’s entitled to his sister’s testimony to back up his allegation that Bezos and his security consultant, Gavin de Becker, acted with malice by falsely telling journalists that he was the source of graphic, nude pictures of Bezos that were given to the National Enquirer.

According to Sanchez, his sister could testify about what Bezos and de Becker knew and when they learned that he couldn’t have possessed pictures of Bezos’s genitalia.

An attorney for Sanchez didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the tentative decision.