US EditionMayor Bass says Casey Wasserman should resign as LA28 chair
- In a staff memo, Casey Wasserman announced he will step down and began selling the company, apologizing for his past personal mistakes.
- The move follows revelations about 2003 emails linked to Ghislaine Maxwell, prompting client walkouts and calls for resignation by some Southern California political leaders.
- On Friday night, Wasserman named company president Mike Watts as interim leader, and Providence, the majority investor, endorsed the transition and expressed confidence in Watts.
- The agency will be renamed after Wasserman's exit, and Providence Equity Partners, which holds more than 60%, is discussing the firm's new moniker while Casey Wasserman's roughly 40% stake may be sold to Providence or a third party.
- The LA28 board said earlier this week it will continue backing Wasserman as chair even as Watts runs day-to-day operations, prompting speculation among rival agencies monitoring the roster.
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Wasserman Loses LA Mayor’s Support For LA28 Job Over Epstein Files Revelations: “He Should Step Down”
Karen Bass can’t fire Casey Wasserman as the head of Los Angeles’ 2028 Olympic Games, but she wants the soon-to-be former agency boss out ASAP. “My opinion is, is that he should step down,” LA Mayor Bass said this Presidents’ Day on CNN. “That’s not the opinion of the board,” the reelection seeking incumbent added of the unanimous backing that Wasserman recieved from his handpicked LA Olympics board on February 11. “The committee that is in…
Mayor Karen Bass calls on LA Olympics boss Casey Wasserman to step down amid Epstein scandal
Mayor Karen Bass called on Casey Wasserman to resign from his role as LA Olympics boss after his flirty email exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed last month in files released by the DOJ.
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OC RegisterKaren Bass says Casey Wasserman should step down as LA28 chair
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a CNN interview Monday she believes Casey Wasserman should step down as chair of the LA28 Olympic organizing committee, breaking weeks of silence on the issue after Wasserman’s name surfaced in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. “My opinion is that he should step down,” Bass told CNN’s Dana Bash. She added that while the LA28 board has discretion over its leadership, she did not support its recent d…
Agency representing Dodgers’ Yamamoto, Chappell Roan for sale amid Epstein fallout | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
LOS ANGELES >> Casey Wasserman, a Los Angeles entertainment executive and chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics whose name recently surfaced in the Epstein files, said late Friday that he has started the process of selling the talent agency he founded more than two decades ago.
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