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US national soccer legend Abby Wambach announced she is leaving the Wasserman Agency because its founder is in the Epstein files.
Casey Wasserman, the founder and CEO of the Wasserman Agency, exchanged flirtatious emails in 2003 with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman, according to documents included in the latest Justice Department release.
In the exchanges, Wasserman told Maxwell, “I think about you all the time. So what am I going to do to see you in a tight leather suit?” Another exchange showed Maxwell asking Wasserman if it would be foggy enough during an upcoming visit “so you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless they’re close?”
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LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman speaks during the IOC session in the Main Media Center (MPC) at Allianz MiCo in Milan, Italy on February 3, 2026. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
Wasserman replied, “or something like that.”
Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, announced via Instagram her decision to dump Wasserman.
She also called for Wasserman to resign.
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“I have left the Wasserman Agency. I read Casey Wasserman’s correspondence in the Epstein files,” Wambach wrote in a statement. “I know what I know and I follow my gut and my values. I will not participate in any business arrangement under his leadership.
“I also have to say this: I’m grateful to my agent, who I’ve known for almost 20 years and trust. Casey should step down. He should go so more people like me don’t have to. I’m unclear on my next steps. That’s ok with me, I just know where I can’t be.”
Wambach wasn’t the only high-profile talent to leave Wasserman, as recording artists Chappell Roan, Chelsea Cutler and more ditched the agency over the email correspondence.
“I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well. No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or condone actions that so deeply conflict with our own moral values,” Roan’s statement on Instagram read about her decision to leave Wasserman.
Wasserman claimed to deeply regret her correspondence with Maxwell, who was convicted of five counts of sex trafficking and abuse of minors in 2021. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Wasserman also claims the emails took place before her “horrific crimes came to light.”
Abby Wambach of the United States stands for the national anthem during a match between Portugal and the USWNT at Subaru Park on October 23, 2025 in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Brad Smith/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images)
“I have never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Wasserman said in a statement. “As is well documented, I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a delegation with the Clinton Foundation in 2002 on the Epstein plane. I am terribly sorry to have had any connection with either of them.”
Wasserman has not been charged with any wrongdoing at this time.
