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High-profile sports and talent agent Casey Wasserman announced to staff that he will sell his talent agency in the wake of recently released emails between him and Ghislaine Maxwell, The Associated Press reported Saturday.
Wasserman, founder and CEO of the Wasserman Agency and chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, exchanged flirtatious emails in 2003 with Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein‘s right hand, according to documents included in the latest release from the Justice Department.
The memo arrived just days after the LA28 board’s executive committee met to discuss Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein files. The committee said so, and an outside law firm conducted a review of Wasserman’s interactions with Epstein and Maxwell, with Wasserman’s full cooperation.
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Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA2028 Olympics Organizing Committee, speaks during a ceremonial lighting of the LA28 Olympic Cauldron at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles January 13, 2026, ahead of the launch of ticket registration for the 2028 Summer Olympics. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
“We found that Mr. Wasserman’s relationship with Epstein and Maxwell did not go beyond what has already been publicly documented,” the committee said in a statement, adding that Wasserman “should continue to lead LA28 and deliver a safe and successful game.”
Wasserman previously said he flew on a humanitarian mission to Africa on Epstein’s private plane at the invitation of the Clinton Foundation in 2002. He said in his memo to staff that his interactions with Maxwell and Epstein were limited and that he regrets the emails.
“It was years before their criminal behavior came to light, and consisted entirely of a humanitarian trip to Africa and a handful of emails that I deeply regret sending. And I am sorry that my brief contact with them 23 years ago has caused you, this company and its customers so much difficulty over the past days and weeks,” the memo said.
Casey Wasserman, President of LA28, speaks during the IOC session in the Main Media Center MPC at Allianz MiCo February 3, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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“I have never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Wasserman said in an earlier 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.”
US national soccer legend Abby Wambach announced earlier this week that she would be leaving the agency. Chappell Roan also left the agency.
In the email exchanges, Wasserman told Maxwell, “I think about you all the time. So what do I have 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?” Wasserman replied, “or something like that.”
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend a performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Wasserman has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
