When the former Fox News anchor released her debut children’s book earlier this month, her former yoga instructor said it was a move motivated by ‘personal jealousy’ Lauren Sánchez’s former yoga instructor, Alanna Zabel, was not happy when she learned the former Fox News anchor had released a children’s book, The Fly Who Flew to Space , earlier this month. Zabel claims that Sánchez stole her idea for the book, according to a complaint obtained by Page Six. Zabel alleges that she engaged in “oral and written discussions spanning 16 years” with the former journalist about the concept of the book.
The yoga instructor added that she even reached out to Sánchez’s fiancé Jeff Bezos to discuss “giving proceeds of sales from the book to Bezos Earth Fund and Bezos Academy”. Advertisement “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’,” Zabel wrote in her filing without the help of a lawyer. “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,” she continued.
Zabel first threatened to take legal action back in March when Sánchez made an announcement about her upcoming book. Here’s what to know abo.