US EditionCalls grow for Casey Wasserman to resign as chair of 2028 LA Olympics
LA28’s executive committee upheld Wasserman as chair despite fundraising concerns and public calls for resignation after 2003 emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced in the Epstein files.
- This month, the LA28 executive committee determined Wasserman should stay as chair after reviewing concerns, with the broader LA28 board largely silent.
- The Justice Department's release this month included sexually suggestive 2003 emails involving Casey Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell; Wasserman has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing and expressed regret.
- Records cite specific messages including `Where are you, I miss you` and `So what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?`; the review noted a humanitarian trip on Epstein's plane before Epstein was charged.
- High-Profile clients left Wasserman's agency, prompting him to announce selling the firm to avoid being a `distraction`, while a Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts dinner honoring him was postponed and the LA28 board offered little comment.
- Potential replacements and backchannel talks involving Olympic bodies and sponsors have increased pressure on Wasserman's leadership this month, with officials urging him to step down.
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Calls grow for Casey Wasserman to resign as chair of 2028 LA Olympics
Pressure is mounting publicly and privately for entertainment mogul Casey Wasserman to step down as chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics following a series of embarrassing and salacious emails with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell included in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department.
Photo: Casey Wasserman and Dirk Ziff A perhaps unexpected link in this giant noise that has been built around the Olympic classification and its new criterion is the friendship between the owner of the WSL Dirk Ziff and the chairman of the organizing committee of the Los Angeles Games 2028, Casey Wasserman, who at the same time is in the middle of a storm for being involved in Epstein's files. One source reported about the friendship of both and…
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