We don’t think Lauren Sánchez will be going to the same yoga instructor after this…
Jeff Bezos’ fiancée is being sued by her former yoga instructor Alanna Zabel for allegedly stealing her idea for a children’s book. If you haven’t heard, Lauren published a book for youngsters earlier this month titled The Fly Who Flew to Space. But what you may not know is that Alanna published her own children’s book in 2022 titled Dharma Kitty Goes to Mars — and claims Lauren totally ripped her off!
In legal filings obtained by TMZ on Wednesday, Alanna, who served as Lauren’s private yoga instructor from 2007 to 2011, claimed she reached out to the 54-year-old in 2022 regarding Dharma Kitty, and detailed a “specific” storyline about a “cat who flies to Mars.” The two had apparently discussed collaborating on a children’s book in years past, and Alanna claimed she partook in “oral and written discussions spanning sixteen years” regarding the book. She also claimed to have reached out to Jeff about “giving proceeds of sales from the book to Bezos Earth Fund and Bezos Academy,” and that an assistant confirmed he “received her email.”
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Alanna went on to publish her book that same year. And then, in early 2024, Lauren announced her own children’s book about the aforementioned fly who flies to space. Shortly after, Alanna hit Lauren with a cease-in-desist, but the latter moved forward with her book anyways. Alanna wrote in her filings:
“The actions of defendant constitute intentional infliction of emotional distress as they were extreme and outrageous, carried out with the intent to harm plaintiff, driven by personal jealousy, and a personal desire to posture publicly as ‘philanthropic and caring.’”
WOW! Those are some serious fighting words! She’s accusing Lauren of ripping her off because she was jealous!
Alanna claimed that she trusted Lauren “with the intellectual property and concept” despite the socialite allegedly displaying “continual and outrageous acts of jealousy.” She added:
“In a nutshell, defendant has always demonstrated a desire to appear like plaintiff, an authentic, independent, free-spirited, hard working and public service oriented yoga instructor.”
Yikes!
In her press tour, Lauren has claimed that she has a personal connection to the storyline as she grew up believing she was “dumb” for having dyslexia. She wrote in a March Instagram post:
“It’s a celebration of overcoming challenges, the joy of learning, and dreaming beyond the stars.”
However, Alanna claims Lauren made “obvious changes to her PR topic, focusing on dyslexia, even though there is no mention of dyslexia in her book.”
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