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- Los Angeles and state leaders called on Casey Wasserman to resign as LA28 chair, with Janice Hahn saying, `I think Casey Wasserman needs to step down` and Hugo Soto-Martinez demanding, `Casey Wasserman should step aside immediately`.
- Department of Justice documents released last weekend showed the 2003 emails involving Wasserman and Maxwell as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files Transparency Act release.
- From 2003 emails, flirtatious lines surfaced between Wasserman and Maxwell, including Wasserman wanting to see Maxwell in a `tight leather outfit` and Maxwell offering a massage that could `drive a man wild`; Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on five counts of sex trafficking and abuse of minors.
- In Milan, Italy, the IOC declined to interfere as Wasserman remained with the LA28 delegation, with Kirsty Coventry saying, `He has put out a statement and there is really nothing else for me to add.`
- The revelations raise questions about sponsorship and LA28's human rights plan as Wasserman confirmed traveling on Epstein's plane in 2002 with a Clinton Foundation humanitarian delegation and faces long-standing calls to resign.
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Authorities in Los Angeles are demanding the resignation of the president of the Olympics Organizational Committee of 2028 (LA28), Casey Wasserman, after the publication of e-mails compromisers between him and Ghislaine Maxwell, former boyfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, in a new batch of files related to the case. You know more: Why did rich and powerful people not say 'no' to Jeffrey Epstein? Epstein minimized sexual crimes and rejected a 'diabo' in…
LA officials call for Olympic chief to resign over Epstein file emails
Multiple Los Angeles officials have called on 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down, after the latest batch of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed racy emails between the sports executive and the disgraced financier's girlfriend.
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Olympic president declines to add pressure on LA Games chair Wasserman over Epstein files link
The IOC showed no interest Wednesday in putting pressure on 2028 Los Angeles Olympics chair Casey Wasserman over personal emails released in the latest Jeffrey Epstein files.
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