New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- A former friend of Jeffrey Epstein has revealed the extraordinary lengths the disgraced financier went to impress Donald Trump, describing herself and a friend as "trophies on display." Cleo Glyde, a model who knew Epstein in the 1980s and 1990s, spoke exclusively to The Daily Beast Podcast about her experiences.

Glyde met Epstein through a mutual friend when she was 22 and described him as charming at the time.

"He was a high society A-lister-a sort of an enigmatic Great Gatsby figure," Glyde told the podcast.

She said Epstein often boasted about his friendship with Trump, which set the stage for a bizarre plan to show the two women off to the future president.

Glyde recounted how Epstein suggested that she and ...