{"id":600384,"date":"2026-02-19T06:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/600384\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:05:10","slug":"wassermans-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/600384\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasserman’s – Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Casey Wasserman faced more calls Wednesday to resign from his position leading the 2028 L.A. Olympics \u2014 the latest push to oust the embattled mogul in the aftermath of the recent Jeffrey Epstein files release. <\/p>\n

During a gubernatorial forum in Sacramento, candidates were asked whether Wasserman should step down. Former Assemblymember Ian Calderon, former state Controller Betty Yee, San Jos\u00e9 Mayor Matt Mahan and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra all replied \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond had left the debate, which was hosted by the California Legislative Women\u2019s Caucus, before the Q&A.<\/p>\n

Wasserman is facing pressure to step away from the 2028 Olympics following revelations that the then-married executive exchanged flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago. <\/p>\n

He announced last week that he would sell his talent agency<\/a> amid the fallout from the latest release of the files related to sex trafficker Epstein and accomplice Maxwell. <\/p>\n

Wasserman has apologized for his association with Maxwell, who was later sentenced to prison for trafficking minors. He also has pointed out that in 2003, when he exchanged emails with Maxwell, her criminal behavior and that of Epstein were not yet known.<\/p>\n

The executive committee of the LA28 board announced last week that it reviewed the mogul\u2019s past conduct and determined that, based on the facts and Wasserman\u2019s \u201cstrong leadership\u201d of the Games, he should continue to serve as chair.<\/p>\n

The executive committee \u2014 a subset of LA28\u2019s 35-member board \u2014 said that it took \u201callegations of misconduct seriously\u201d and that attorneys had looked at the accusations. <\/p>\n

Assemblymember Tina S. McKinnor (D-Hawthorne) said in a statement Wednesday that Wasserman\u2019s conduct had become a \u201cdistraction\u201d and that he should step down. The statement was sent on behalf of the Los Angeles County legislative delegation, which represents 37 state senators and Assembly members, according to McKinnor.<\/p>\n

But some members of the group, including state Sen. Benjamin Allen (D-Santa Monica), told The Times Wednesday night that they didn\u2019t see the statement before it went out. <\/p>\n

Allen, who chairs the state special committee on the 2028 Olympics, said he wanted to see the report done by the LA28 board about Wasserman before making a decision. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have not explicitly called for his resignation,\u201d Allen said. <\/p>\n

McKinnor didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Representatives for LA28, the nonprofit overseeing the Games, and Wasserman did not respond to requests for comment. <\/p>\n

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday called for Wasserman\u2019s resignation. A third of the 15-member L.A. City Council and two of the five supervisors on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors also have called on him to resign. <\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom, when asked about the drama surrounding Wasserman, last week declined to weigh in and said he needed to talk to him. A Newsom spokesperson indicated Tuesday that there was no update in the governor\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

Times staff writer Nicole Nixon contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casey Wasserman faced more calls Wednesday to resign from his position leading the 2028 L.A. Olympics \u2014 the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":600385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[258617,39007,1582,276,170750,28712,208959,258619,49022,6276,2961,26822,224,5337,3777,258620,258621,258618,61482,44822],"class_list":["post-600384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-assembly-member","tag-athlete","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-distraction","tag-dozen","tag-executive-committee","tag-flirty-email","tag-ghislaine-maxwell","tag-l-a","tag-la","tag-last-week","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-olympics","tag-past-personal-conduct","tag-sex-trafficker-jeffrey-epstein","tag-southern-california-politician","tag-talent-agency","tag-wasserman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116095793474812507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}