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A male mannequin and Instagram influencer who allegedly was in a romantic relationship with conservative billionaire Peter Thiel, and who died in March in a suspected suicide, was devastated by a messy confrontation with Thiel’s husband at a New Yr’s Eve get together within the weeks main as much as his loss of life, The Day by day Mailreported Wednesday.
Mannequin Jeff Thomas, in line with a March report from The Intercept, languished for years in a extremely glamorous however miserably “stored” scenario allegedly dictated by Thiel. Miami police have been in contact with Thiel as a part of the investigation into Thomas’s loss of life, sources advised The Intercept—the mannequin was discovered on the backside of a Miami condo complicated on March eighth.
The Mail’s sources mentioned Thomas confirmed up on the the New Yr’s get together hosted by Thiel and Matt Danzeisen, Thiel’s husband of six years, at their Miami Seashore compound, regardless of not being included on the visitor record authorised by Danzeisen. They added that the PayPal founder’s alleged lover by no means would have attended the bash had he recognized Danzeisen could be current.
Danzeisen, the Mail says, was incensed to see Thomas and was overheard asking Thiel, “Why is HE right here?” The incident deeply humiliated Thomas, sources advised the Mail, and led to a decline in his psychological well being.
Thiel and Thomas met at Coachella in 2015 or 2016, however bought extra deeply concerned on the peak of the pandemic, The Intercept reported in late March. In audio recordings of Thomas the outlet claims had been supplied by Democratic activists, the mannequin described a relationship that started off as mutually useful, however that ultimately drained him.
Thomas was arrange by Thiel in a $13 million Hollywood Hills mansion and was given a $300,000 automobile to drive, the mannequin mentioned.
“I did actual property in New York, and I used to be contemplating getting my license and doing funding… I knew I wasn’t going to be in it for the long term,” Thomas mentioned. “It’s not like I used to be his boyfriend, actually, I used to be simply type of his buddy that was there for him when he wanted, you realize, no matter he wanted.”
Finally, issues modified. “I don’t suppose it’s very satisfying, to be trustworthy, to be stored,” the Intercept says Thomas mentioned final October. “I noticed the spark in me fade away, and it was poisonous, and it was unhealthy, and I’ve had a number of talks with myself this 12 months, about getting out of it, and I’ve really mentioned to him about it, like, I can’t do that anymore. , my psychological well being is in danger.”
The Day by day Beast reached out to Thiel for remark.