Casey Wasserman, 2028 Olympics chair, to sell talent agency after name appears in Epstein files
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Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell. In:
Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Wasserman's emails with Maxwell were revealed by his appearance in recently released government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wasserman, whose agency represents some of the top pop music artists in the world, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
The recently released documents revealed that in 2003 he swapped flirtatious emails with Epstein associate Maxwell, who would years later be convicted of helping Epstein recruit and sexually abuse his victims. Wasserman said in a Friday evening memo to his staff that he has begun the process of selling the company, according to a company spokesperson who provided the memo to The Associated Press.
Wasserman's memo to staff said that he felt he had become a distraction to the company's work.
"During this time, Mike Watts will assume day-to-day control of the business while I devote my full attention to delivering Los Angeles an Olympic Games in 2028 that is worthy of this outstanding city," the memo stated.
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