Overview

• TMZ and studio sources say nine women in their 20s visited a Manhattan photo studio in 2016 claiming to be a chess club and posed over several months.
• Staff reportedly used 3D photographs to create sandstone-like rooks, bishops, knights and queens, with Epstein arriving at the end to be photographed as the king.
• The set was said to include 36 pieces costing about $5,000, and one figurine was modeled on an unidentified man who accompanied the women.
• These accounts rely on tabloid reporting and unnamed studio staff and have not been independently verified by public records.
• Separately, UK charities including Teenage Cancer Trust, Julia’s House, Prevent Breast Cancer, The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation and the British Heart Foundation announced they ended or suspended roles for the Duchess of York after the 2011 correspondence was published.