Casey Wasserman, CEO of the Wasserman Media Group, interviews during the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 9, 2025.
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The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics chief, Casey Wasserman, is putting his talent and marketing agency up for sale, The โ Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, following criticism for flirtatious email exchanges with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago.
Wasserman has been criticized and called on to resign as the LA28 chief after the release โ of โmessages. His firm has lost pop star Chappell Roan as a client, with Roan saying earlier this week she was no longer represented by his company.
Wasserman has denied having a personal or โbusiness relationship with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has previously apologized for his association โwith Maxwell, saying their relationship came before her or Epstein’s crimes were revealed.
Wasserman’s talent agency did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business โ hours.
According to the Journal, Wasserman told his firm’s staff in an internal โmemo that he felt that he had “become โa distraction” to its work and had begun the process of selling the company.
“I’m deeply sorry that my past personal mistakes have โ caused you so much discomfort,” Wasserman wrote in the memo, โ reported by the newspaper.
“It’s not fair to โ you, and it’s not fair to the clients and partners we represent so vigorously and care so โdeeply about,” he wrote.
The โLA28 said earlier this week that Wasserman will remain chairman of the 2028 games after organizers conducted a review of his past interactions with Maxwell and Epstein, and found his relationship with them โdid not go beyond what โhad already been publicly documented.
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