Casey Wasserman and the Epstein Files
The Epstein Files Transparency Act released communications showing that Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 Olympic organizing committee, exchanged emails with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003. In one email, Wasserman asked to "book that massage."
The fallout has been swift. Multiple artists — including Chappell Roan, Dropkick Murphys, Orville Peck, and Weyes Blood — left Wasserman's talent agency. Soccer star Abby Wambach departed as well. LA Mayor Karen Bass called for Wasserman's resignation. Wasserman pledged to sell his namesake agency.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been mentioned as a potential replacement.
CNN: LA Olympics Chief Faces Calls to Resign Over Epstein Connection
The Email
The email in question was sent in 2003, when Wasserman was in his early 30s and running the entertainment agency founded by his grandfather, Lew Wasserman. "Book that massage" in the context of Jeffrey Epstein's operation has specific implications that do not require explanation.
Wasserman has not disputed the email's authenticity. His response has focused on claiming he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes and that the contact was casual and limited.
The Exodus
The talent agency that bears Wasserman's name has hemorrhaged clients since the emails were released. Chappell Roan — one of the biggest breakout artists of 2025 — departed publicly. Dropkick Murphys, known for their working-class brand, left loudly. Every departure generates more coverage. Every headline makes the next departure more likely.
Wasserman announced he would sell the agency to separate it from the Olympic organizing role. Whether selling an agency named after yourself while remaining the public face of the Olympics achieves meaningful separation is a question nobody has answered satisfactorily.
Deadline: Casey Wasserman Selling His Agency Amid Epstein Fallout
The LA28 Board
Despite the calls for resignation, the LA28 board continues to support Wasserman. The Olympics are two years away. The organizing committee has signed billions in sponsorship deals. Removing Wasserman at this stage would create logistical chaos.
But keeping him creates reputational chaos. Every sponsor that signed a deal with LA28 now has their brand associated with an Olympic chairman whose emails appear in the Epstein files. Whether that association is fair or not, it is real, and sponsors make decisions based on perception.
The Pattern
The Epstein files have now touched the Olympics, Big Tech, finance, politics, and entertainment. The pattern is consistent: powerful men had contact with Epstein's network, the contact was documented, and the documents are now public. Some contacts may have been innocent. Some were not. The files do not always distinguish between the two.
What the files always reveal: proximity. These were not strangers. They were in the email chain. They were booking the massages. And none of them reported what they saw.
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