Casey Wasserman
Entertainment executive, LA 2028 Olympics organizing committee chairman
Los Angeles entertainment executive and grandson of MCA founder Lew Wasserman. Chaired the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee until resigning in February 2026 after emails with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, dated 2003, surfaced in DOJ document releases. Subsequently announced the sale of Wasserman Media Group.
Casey Wasserman in the Epstein Files — By the Numbers
Topics Covered
Casey Wasserman is a Los Angeles entertainment executive who founded and led Wasserman Media Group, one of the most influential talent and sports marketing agencies in the industry. He is the grandson of Lew Wasserman, the legendary entertainment mogul who built MCA into a dominant force in Hollywood. Wasserman, 51, served as chairman of the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee, making him the public face of Los Angeles’s preparations for the Summer Olympics.
Appearance in the Epstein Files
Documents released by the Department of Justice under the Epstein Transparency Act in February 2026 exposed email correspondence between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate and convicted sex trafficker. Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021 on five counts of sex trafficking and conspiracy, and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. The emails between Wasserman and Maxwell were dated 2003, predating Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea in Palm Beach County, Florida for soliciting a minor.
The New York Times reported that the emails showed “flirtatious exchanges” between Wasserman and Maxwell. The specific content and full scope of the communications have not been publicly detailed beyond that characterization.
Professional Fallout
The exposure of the Maxwell emails triggered a rapid professional collapse. Clients including pop star Chappell Roan and soccer player Abby Wambach cut ties with Wasserman Media Group after the correspondence became public. The agency, which represented artists including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and Kendrick Lamar, faced a devastating client exodus.
Wasserman resigned from his position as chairman of the LA28 Olympic organizing committee. He subsequently announced the sale of Wasserman Media Group, telling staff he had “become a distraction” due to “past personal mistakes.” The International Olympic Committee did not publicly comment on his departure.
Context
Wasserman’s fall was among the highest-profile corporate casualties of the Epstein document releases. His case was notable because the entertainment industry had largely escaped the initial waves of resignations that struck finance and logistics — Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler resigned over “Uncle Jeffrey” emails, and DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was forced out after appearing more than 4,700 times in the files. Wasserman’s exit extended the accountability wave into sports and entertainment.
The agency has not disclosed the full extent of client departures or provided a timeline for the sale. Wasserman has not publicly addressed the specific content of the Maxwell emails beyond his general statement to staff.
Evidence
These passages come from the Epstein records released by the U.S. Department of Justice (Feb. 2026), with our annotations connecting each to the claims this profile makes. Read the originals via the link beneath the panel.
Email correspondence, Casey Wasserman ⇄ Ghislaine Maxwell · 2003
Email correspondence between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, dated 20031, predating Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
Epstein's redacted contact book · entry
The entry reads “Wasserman, Casey & Laura2”.
Transcribed from the released documents. This is a text reproduction, not a scan.
Our annotations
The correspondence whose exposure triggered Wasserman's resignation as LA28 chairman and the sale of his agency. The New York Times described the emails as "flirtatious exchanges"; this profile notes their specific content has not been publicly detailed beyond that characterization. The emails predate Epstein's 2008 guilty plea, and Wasserman has not been accused of any crime.
Wasserman's appearance in Epstein's released contact book, as cited in this profile. Inclusion is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Read the originals: DOJ Epstein Files (EFTA release portal) ↗
Documents
Primary-source records that reference Casey Wasserman. Inclusion in these documents is not, by itself, evidence of wrongdoing; the emails predate Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea, and Wasserman has not been accused of any crime.
- DOJ Epstein Files (EFTA release portal) — Records released by the Justice Department in February 2026 include 2003 email correspondence between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, which the New York Times described as “flirtatious exchanges.”
Connections
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