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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called for the resignation of Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games director Casey Wasserman amid fallout from his name appearing in Jeffrey Epstein’s files last month.
Bass is the latest official to criticize Wasserman, doing so in an interview with CNN. She said she couldn’t fire him, but believed he should “resign.”
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks at the dedication of the NBA Cares Legacy project at the Weingart YMCA on February 12, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Image Images)
“The board made a decision,” he said. “I think that decision was unfortunate. I don’t support the decision. I think we need to look at leadership. However, my job as mayor of Los Angeles is to make sure that our city is fully prepared to have the best Olympic Games that has ever occurred in Olympic history.”
The Justice Department’s release of Epstein-related documents showed that Wasserman had a flirtatious exchange with Epstein’s close associate Ghislaine Maxwell. He has since announced that he will be selling his talent agency, as some clients have already announced their departure.
Wasserman’s decision to sell the agency came after the executive committee of LA28’s board of directors met to discuss Wasserman’s appearance in Epstein’s files. The committee said it and an outside law firm conducted a review of Wasserman’s interactions with Epstein and Maxwell with Wasserman’s full cooperation.
OLYMPIC GAMES BOSS RESPONDS AFTER EMAILS WITH GHISLAINE MAXWELL APPEAR IN EPSTEIN FILES
Casey Wasserman, president of LA28, during the press conference celebrating the 1000 day countdown to LA28 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Monday, October 20, 2025. (Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn 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 Games.”
Wasserman has previously said that 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 a memo to staff that his interactions with Maxwell and Epstein were limited and that he regrets the emails.
“It was years before their criminal conduct came to light, and in its entirety it consisted of a humanitarian trip to Africa and a handful of emails that I deeply regret sending. And I am heartbroken that my brief contact with them 23 years ago has caused you, this company, and your clients so much hardship in recent days and weeks,” the memo said.
“I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Wasserman said in a previous statement. “As is well documented, I took a humanitarian trip as part of a Clinton Foundation delegation in 2002 on Epstein’s plane. I deeply regret having any association with any of them.”
United States women’s national soccer team legend Abby Wambach announced she was leaving the agency. Chappell Roan also left the agency.
The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents on December 19 following President Trump’s signing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
In 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 there would be enough fog during an upcoming visit “so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless they’re nearby.” Wasserman responded: “or something like that.”
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Wasserman has not been charged with any crime.
