Bezos, Sanchez want $190K in legal fees in legal war

These legal fees wouldn’t pay for their Italian wedding’s sparkling water bill! 

Newlyweds Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are demanding nearly $190,000 in legal fees stemming from their ongoing court battle with Lauren’s estranged brother, Michael Sanchez.

Page Six has learned that the billionaire couple and their legal team filed a motion on July 28 in California Superior Court demanding Michael cough up $182,374 in attorney’s fees and $8,182 in legal costs, “incurred in connection with (1) her successful Special Motion to Strike, and (2) this Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs.”

The couple have been engaged in a never-ending legal battle with Michael, which Lauren’s lawyers have characterized as a “multi-year campaign of harassment in the hope he could extract a wholly undeserved financial settlement.”

The motion says Bezos and Sanchez deserve the fees stemming from their Anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) cases in response to Michael filing what their side called “frivolous” claims “which he knew or should have known were dead on arrival.”

The couple is seeking attorney fees and say their lawyers’ hourly rates range from $549 to $1,125.

(According to the San Francisco Bar, if you’re unfamiliar, “California’s Anti-SLAPP statute presents a mechanism to defendants to strike potentially meritless causes of action early in litigation while obtaining a mandatory fee award.)

The bitter family feud began shortly after Bezos announced his split from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Scott.

Page Six exclusively reported at the time that Bezos was already seeing Sanchez — who was still legally married, but separated, from Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell.

Things exploded when the National Enquirer allegedly threatened to publish X-rated photos, leading Bezos to ultimately beat the publication to the punch and publish descriptions of the images himself.

Michael denied leaking any “below-the-belt selfies.” (He did not deny leaking other information.)

But the New York Times reported that: “Mr. Sanchez and American Media executed a nondisclosure agreement,” on Oct. 18, 2018, “concerning certain information, photographs and text messages documenting an affair between Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez,” according to a contract between the two parties seen by the outlet.

In February 2020, Michael sued Bezos for defamation. In November 2020, Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled in favor of Bezos — though ongoing filings have continued in the legal skirmish.

In 2021, Bezos was awarded $218,385 in legal fees, but there’s been additional legal back and forth.

Meanwhile, Bezos and Sanchez just got married in a $50 million three-day wedding in Venice, Italy, attended by Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, Usher, Sydney Sweeney and Ivanka Trump.

The couple have since been partying all over Europe, most recently being spotted at a nightclub in Ibiza.

They were also just spotted on a double date with Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti, with the foursome enjoying a day at sea off the coast of Ibiza on Bezos’ $500 million superyacht, Koru.

In a statement, Michael called Bezos and Sanchez, “liars and cheaters,” and called the justice system “corrupt,” claiming victory himself.