UPDATE: The 49ers have released a statement regarding French Laundry-gate.

"The bet took place two years ago and Tim has never shared his concerns about the dinner with me," York said in the statement to Pro Football Talk. "I am happy to speak with Tim one-on-one so we can all move forward."

So there you have it, folks. The offseason's weirdest story continues.

ORIGINAL STORY: Jed York is very rich, and sometimes very rich people forget what normal dinners cost.

Mercury News columnist Tim Kawakami detailed on his podcast the time York stuck him with a $2100 bill for dinner at the French Laundry.

The story begins in 2013 with Kawakami betting York on Twitter that the 49ers' new stadium wouldn't be completed by 2014.

York took Kawakami up on the bet, but upped the ante by suggesting dinner. At the French Laundry.

And so it came to pass: Levi's Stadium was completed and Kawakami had to pay up. That's when the full price of his bet came crashing down on him.

"Can I bring my wife?" Kawakami says York texted him. "You don't have to pay for her."

Sure, he agreed. Along with Kawakami, York and his wife, Chronicle columnist Ann Killion and Sacramento Bee 49ers writer Matt Barrows came along (and paid their own way). The meal lasted five hours and spanned 17 courses. And then the bill came: $2,440 without tip.

Killion and Barrows paid their share and Kawakami looked to Jed to provide the share for his wife.

"He's just kind of laughing," Kawakami says. "... I'm just waiting for him. That's $600 apiece ... I'm paying for his wife now on a bet that was just over Twitter that was just supposed to be lunch."

So Kawakami pays for himself, Jed and his wife — plus a $500 tip that York also refused to help pay.

But the craziest part of the story isn't that Jed was being petty; he had no idea that $2100 is an insane amount of money to pay for dinner.

"If I thought Jed was sticking it to me, I'd almost be OK with it," Kawakami says. "I don't even think he knew. I don't think he knew what $2100 means to a sportswriter who didn't inherit a billion-dollar team."