LA Olympics chief says he ‘deeply regrets’ emails with Ghislaine Maxwell | Jeffrey Epstein
Casey Wasserman, president of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, said Saturday that he was “deeply saddened” by emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell from 2003 that were included in the latest collection of government files on Jeffrey Epstein released Friday.
The testimonials include Wasserman telling Maxwell, “I think about you all the time. So what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?”
In an April 2003 email to the then-married Wasserman, Maxwell offers to give him a massage that “could drive a man crazy.”
There’s also an email exchange about massages, with Maxwell asking if it’ll be foggy enough during an upcoming visit: “So you can float naked on the beach and no one can see you unless you’re close?”
Wasserman replies: “or something like that.”
In a statement released on Saturday, Wasserman said: “I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell” and that it occurred “long before her horrific crimes came to light.”
“I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As is well documented, I went on a humanitarian trip on an Epstein plane as part of a Clinton Foundation delegation in 2002. I deeply regret having any association with either of them,” he said.
In 2021, Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex trafficking and exploitation of minors. He is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
The documents were disclosed as required by a law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and Maxwell, his confidant and onetime girlfriend. Epstein killed himself in a New York jail cell in August 2019, a month after he was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges.
Wasserman founded a sports and talent agency that represents top players in football, basketball and baseball, as well as famous actors such as Adam Sandler and Brad Pitt.
He’s made more headlines lately as the face of the Los Angeles Olympics effort; lobbying efforts played a major role in bringing the 2028 Summer Olympics back to the United States. Los Angeles previously hosted the games in 1984, and these will be the first summer games in the United States since they were held in Atlanta in 1996.
Wasserman divorced his wife of 20 years, Laura Ziffren Wasserman, in 2021.
Associated Press contributed reporting
