LA28 Reeling From Wasserman Revelations #olympics #news

18 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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LA Mayor Karen Bass called for Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 Olympics, to resign after his name appeared in files linked to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell from 2002-2003. The communications show flirtatious exchanges between Wasserman and Maxwell, plus a 2002 Africa trip they both attended. The LA28 board voted to keep him despite the mayor's push.

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A Mayor calls on Olympics Chairman to resign the Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass, says that Casey Wasserman could step down as chairman of the 2028 Olympics after his name appeared in Epstein related file. The files date to 2003. At the time, Wasserman was 29 years old and married with a young family. Messages between him and Ghislaine Maxwell discussed meeting up and including flirtatious language. In 2002, he also participated in a humanitarian trip to Africa included Maxwell and Epstein. There are no allegations of illegal contact in the released exchanges. The mayor says leadership of a global event like the Olympics demands public LA28 board has voted to keep him in place for now. Questions no longer legal Its reputation and the current climate may be the harder standard to beat.