Sanchez

Filed 6/30/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

MICHAEL SANCHEZ, B309364, B312143

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 20STCV04212) v.

JEFFREY PRESTON BEZOS et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, John P. Doyle, Judge. Affirmed. Warren Terzian, Thomas D. Warren and Erick Kuylman for Plaintiff and Appellant. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Meredith R. Dearborn, William A. Isaacson and Julia Tarver Mason Wood for Defendants and Respondents. ____________________________ This appeal arises from a defamation action filed by plaintiff Michael Sanchez against defendants Jeffrey Preston Bezos and Gavin de Becker. Plaintiff alleged that defendants falsely told several reporters that plaintiff had provided explicit nude photographs of Bezos to the National Enquirer (the Enquirer) as part of a conspiracy to damage Bezos. Defendants filed a special motion to strike the complaint under Code of Civil Procedure1 section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against…