Article 1Z7TE Peter Thiel, Trump campaign donor, sorry for date rape comments

Peter Thiel, Trump campaign donor, sorry for date rape comments

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Alex Hern
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Paypal co-founder and Facebook board member apologises for 'crudely argued statements' made in 1995 book

Facebook board member and Trump donor Peter Thiel has apologised for a book he co-wrote in 1995 that argued the definition of rape had been expanded to include "seductions that are later regretted".

Thiel's co-author, David Sacks, a Stanford and Paypal alumnus along with Thiel, also apologised after the Guardian reported on the book's contents on Friday.

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