Education
Before Amesz joined the Golden Cage, he studied human resource management at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Before Amesz joined the Golden Cage, he studied human resource management at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Jaap is an enthusiastic chess player and once defeated grandmaster January Werle. He presently has a FIDE rating of 2175. Amesz developed his own show that was broadcast on RTL 5, for which he sought unusual guests such as pornographic actors and anorexia patients.
In March 2010, Amesz used a lie detector during an interview with Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the Natalee Holloway case.
After a brief investigation, the Aruban public prosecutor concluded that his statement was not true because the facts and timelines were inconsistent. On 4 June 2010, Dutch authorities raided the home of Amesz and confiscated evidence at the request of the United States. Justice Department, who were investigating Van der Sloot on charges of extortion and wire fraud.
