The head of the organizing committee of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, in the Epstein files. What he says about his relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell
Casey Wasserman, head of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, said on Saturday that he “deeply regrets” the 2003 emails between him and Ghislaine Maxwell, which emerged in the latest batch of documents in the Epstein files.
The Department of Justice of the United States published, on Friday, more than three million pages of documents related to the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier accused and convicted of numerous sexual crimes. Among the many personalities mentioned is Casey Wasserman, the president of the organizing committee of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
According to the Los Angeles Times, quoted by News.ro, the American director specializing in sports marketing and Ghislaine Maxwell (Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexual exploitation) had a relationship. The evidence comes from emails sent between March and April 2003, in which Wasserman tells Maxwell that he wants to see her dressed in a tight leather outfit while she offers him a massage that “could drive a man crazy.”
Thus, among the text exchanges is one in which Wasserman tells Maxwell: “I think about you all the time. So what do I have to do to see you in a skin-tight outfit?” And in an April 2003 email to Wasserman – who was married at the time – Maxwell offers to give her a massage that “could drive a man crazy”.
“I think we could start in the place you know, then continue the massage concept in your bed … and then the next morning … not knowing if we will stop or when,” she wrote to him, for example. Before adding, “Uh… all this groping… are you sure you can handle it? Honestly, just thinking about it takes my breath away. There seem to be a few places that drive men crazy… Maybe I could try them out on you and tell me if it works or not?”
In another conversation, Ghislaine Maxwell tells Casey Wasserman that “JE” – meaning Jeffrey Epstein – wants her to pick a week to go to Los Angeles on business and offers to bring her a souvenir from Paris. To which Wasserman replies: “I think choosing a week in Los Angeles is an excellent idea… The only thing I want from Paris is you.”
There is also an email exchange in which Maxwell asks if there will be enough fog during a future visit “so that you can float naked on the beach and no one can see you unless they get close?”.
Other documents show that Casey Wasserman and his then-wife traveled on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane in September 2002. Ghislaine Maxwell, Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey were also on the same flight.
“Deep Regret”
In a statement released on Saturday, Wasserman said: “I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell”, which he said took place “well before her horrific crimes were revealed”.
“I have never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As is well documented, I participated in a humanitarian trip as part of a Clinton Foundation delegation in 2002 on Epstein's plane. I am terribly sorry that I had anything to do with any of them,” he said.
In 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's confidante and ex-girlfriend, was convicted of five counts of sex trafficking and child abuse. She is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Epstein committed suicide in a New York City jail cell in August 2019, a month after he was indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges.
Casey Wasserman founded a sports and talent agency that represents top players in football, basketball and baseball, along with famous actors such as Adam Sandler and Brad Pitt.
Recently, he again came to the attention of the media as the image of the efforts to organize the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. His lobbying was instrumental in bringing the Summer Olympics back to the US in 2028. Los Angeles previously hosted the Olympics in 1984, and this will be the first US Summer Games since Atlanta in 1996.
In 2021, Wasserman divorced his wife of 20 years, Laura Ziffren Wasserman.
