Several officials in Los Angeles have urged Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the LA28 Olympic Games Committee, to resign after emails between him and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.
The emails date back to 2003 and appear among more than 3 million files related to Jeffrey Epstein released by the Justice Department last week.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is one of several officials calling on the sports agent and entertainment executive to resign.
“Having him represent us on the world stage takes the focus away from our athletes and the enormous effort required to prepare for 2028,” Hahn told the newspaper. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles City Council members Hugo Soto-Martinez and Imelda Padilla, as well as Senator Lena Gonzalez and County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, have also joined calls for his resignation.
The flirty email exchanges between Wasserman and Maxwell included one message in which Wasserman said he often thought about Maxwell.
In one of the messages, Wasserman can be seen telling Maxwell, “I think about you all the time. So, what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?”
Other emails refer to massages, as well as a message in which Maxwell asks if it would be foggy enough on a future visit “so you can float naked on the beach and no one can see you unless they are up close?”
Wasserman replies: “or something like that.”
Wasserman has denied having a personal or business relationship with Epstein. In a statement released on Saturday, he said: “I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell which took place over twenty years ago, long before her heinous crimes came to light.”
“I have never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” he added. “As has been well documented, in 2002 I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a Clinton Foundation delegation on the Epstein plane. I deeply regret having any connection to any of them.”
The Guardian has contacted Wasserman for comment.
Wasserman, 51, is chairman and president of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is also the founder and CEO of Wasserman, a global marketing and talent management company representing various athletes, artists and brands.
Reuters contributed to this report
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