Convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein viewed the people in his life as pawns—and had the custom chess set to prove it.

In an interview with Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast, author Michael Wolff revealed that the disgraced financier had on display in his home a chess set where each of the pieces represented a different member of his household. Naturally, Epstein was the king.

The carved pieces were recognizable, Wolff explains; a 2019 article from The New York Times quoted a visitor to Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse making note of “a chessboard with custom figurines, many dressed suggestively‚” adding that at least one piece was based on one of Epstein’s employees.

The role of the Queen was reserved for Epstein’s girlfriend “of a number of years,” Wolff explains, about whom th

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