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Karen Bass says Casey Wasserman should step down as LA28 chair

Casey Wasserman apologizes and begins selling his agency after emails with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell cause client defections and calls for his resignation.

  • On Monday, Mayor Karen Bass said she wants Casey Wasserman to step down as LA28 chair but added, "Ultimately, any decision on the LA28 leadership must be made by the LA28 Board."
  • The DOJ release showed Epstein-related files, including Wasserman's name, reigniting scrutiny this month, after the multi-million-page disclosure surfaced.
  • The emails include flirtatious remarks about a `tight leather outfit` and offers to `drive a man wild`, with no allegations of illegal conduct against Wasserman, and they predate Maxwell's conviction.
  • Wasserman told his 4,000 employees late on February 13 that he is selling his stake and stepping back from day-to-day control, amid client defections and financial concerns for LA28.
  • The LA28 Executive Committee/Board, after hiring outside counsel O'Melveny & Myers LLP, concluded it found no ties beyond public records, while the IOC and Mayor Bass remain cautious.
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Mayor of Los Angeles questions the leadership of the chairman of the organizing committee following the revelation of emails linked to the Epstein Archives

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The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, has called for the resignation of Casey Wasserman as chairman of the organizing committee of the Olympic Games of 2028, after personal tone emails exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein’s partner Ghislaine Maxwell were published. “My opinion is that I should resign,” Bass said in an interview this Monday with CNN, in which she stressed that she has no authority to dismiss him, after the JJO’s Board or Executive Comm…

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Mayor Karen Bass publicly called for the resignation of Casey Wasserman, president of the organizing committee, after the U.S. Department of Justice

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Sport & Société - Kévin Bernardi broke the news in on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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