L.A. Olympic committee chairman Wasserman says he ‘deeply regrets’ emails released in Epstein files – The Athletic
Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the committee overseeing the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, said he “deeply regrets” his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, details of which were revealed in the Department of Justice’s recent release of records related to the federal investigation into Epstein’s crimes.
In a statement released Sunday, Wasserman acknowledged several flirtatious emails he and Maxwell wrote to one another in 2003, which were among the 3 million files released Friday. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of conspiring with Epstein in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse multiple minor girls, and she is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison.
“I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell which took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light,” Wasserman said in the statement, which was sent to multiple news outlets. “I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As is well documented, I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a delegation with the Clinton Foundation in 2002 on the Epstein plane. I am terribly sorry for having any association with either of them.”
In one of the emails, Wasserman writes to Maxwell, “I think of you all the time. So, what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?”
In another email conversation from that year, Maxwell writes that she wondered if weather conditions would be foggy enough on a planned trip “so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless they are close up?” Wasserman replies, “or something like that.”
Wasserman, 51, has not been accused of wrongdoing or charged in the criminal cases against Maxwell and Epstein. In addition to his leading role with the LA28 Olympic organizing committee, he is the founder and CEO of the talent and marketing agency Wasserman, which represents entertainers and athletes including Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers, Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Congress voted in November 2025 to compel the Department of Justice to release documents related to the Epstein investigation. Epstein died by suicide in a New York detention facility in August 2019, roughly one month after he was charged with federal sex-trafficking offenses.
Over the years, Epstein maintained relationships with a global network of business and government leaders. Among those who have acknowledged past contact with him are former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump. Both men have denied wrongdoing, and neither has faced criminal charges in connection with Epstein.
