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   From: noreply@dirge.harmsk.com   
      
   Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics   
   organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in   
   the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.   
      
   Wasserman's emails with Maxwell were revealed by his appearance in   
   recently released government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey   
   Epstein. Wasserman, whose agency represents some of the top pop music   
   artists in the world, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.   
      
   The recently released documents revealed that in 2003 he swapped   
   flirtatious emails with Epstein associate Maxwell, who would years later   
   be convicted of helping Epstein recruit and sexually abuse his victims.   
   Wasserman said in a Friday evening memo to his staff that he has begun   
   the process of selling the company, according to a company spokesperson   
   who provided the memo to The Associated Press.   
      
   Wasserman's memo to staff said that he felt he had become a distraction   
   to the company's work.   
      
   "During this time, Mike Watts will assume day-to-day control of the   
   business while I devote my full attention to delivering Los Angeles an   
   Olympic Games in 2028 that is worthy of this outstanding city," the memo   
   stated.   
      
   The memo arrived days after the LA28 board's executive committee met to   
   discuss Wasserman's appearance in the Epstein files. The committee said   
   it and an outside legal firm conducted a review of Wasserman's   
   interactions with Epstein and Maxwell with Wasserman's full cooperation.   
      
   The committee said in a statement: "We found Mr. Wasserman's   
   relationship with Epstein and Maxwell did not go beyond what has already   
   been publicly documented." The statement also said Wasserman "should   
   continue to lead LA28 and deliver a safe and successful games."   
      
   Los Angeles leaders have called on Wasserman to resign as chair, but   
   during a press conference last week at the Milano-Cortina Olympics, IOC   
   Vice President Nicole Hoevertsz said she had "full trust" in Wasserman   
   and his team.   
      
   L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said in her own statement she would defer to the   
   board.   
      
   Wasserman has said previously that he flew on a humanitarian mission to   
   Africa on Epstein's private plane at the invitation of the Clinton   
   Foundation in 2002. Exchanges between Wasserman and Maxwell in the files   
   include Wasserman telling Maxwell: "I think of you all the time. So,   
   what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?"   
      
   His agency, also called Wasserman, has lost clients over the Maxwell   
   emails. Singer Chappell Roan and retired U.S. women's soccer legend Abby   
   Wambach are among them.   
      
   Wasserman said in his memo to staff that his interactions with Maxwell   
   and Epstein were limited and he regrets the emails.   
      
   "It was years before their criminal conduct came to light, and, in its   
   entirety, consisted of one humanitarian trip to Africa and a handful of   
   emails that I deeply regret sending. And I'm heartbroken that my brief   
   contact with them 23 years ago has caused you, this company, and its   
   clients so much hardship over the past days and weeks," the memo said.   
      
   Wasserman had also previously apologized in a statement released earlier   
   this month, saying "I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine   
   Maxwell, which took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific   
   crimes came to light."   
      
   In that statement, he added that he" never had a personal or business   
   relationship with Jeffrey Epstein."   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/casey-wasserman-2028-olympics-chair-to-sell-   
   talent-agency-epstein-files/   
      
   He lied.   
      
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