Los Angeles Times<\/a>, Wasserman said it was the only time he met Epstein.<\/p>\n\u201cFollowing that trip, where I never witnessed anything inappropriate, I did not speak to, see him or communicate with him ever again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At the time, there had yet to be any public reports of wrongdoing by either Maxwell or Epstein, who was first investigated by police in 2005. The records released by the government don’t show any correspondence between Wasserman and Maxwell after 2003, appear to contain scant other references to him.<\/p>\n
Maxwell was charged in 2020 with sex trafficking and is\u00a0serving a 20-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n
Representatives for Roan and Wasserman did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Artists speak out<\/h2>\n
Roan’s departure from Wasserman follows statements from other artists on the agency’s roster.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u201cGiven the circumstances we feel strongly that we need to begin the process of extracting ourselves from Wasserman,\u201d\u00a0the alt-country band Wednesday\u00a0wrote on Instagram. \u201cContinuing to be represented by a company led by and named after Casey Wasserman goes against our values and cannot continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 The indie rock band Beach Bunny wrote on Instagram, \u201cWe are demanding for Wasserman to remove himself and his name from the agency, \u2018deep regrets\u2019 are not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 The New York duo\u00a0Water From Your Eyes\u00a0wrote on Instagram that they have \u201cno interest in being affiliated with Casey Wasserman and have absolutely zero intention of condoning his actions by silently remaining under his namesake banner.”<\/p>\n
\u2014 Electropop duo Sylvan Esso wrote in an Instagram Story, \u201cWe along with many other musicians, are leaving the Wasserman agency. … We don’t know where we’ll be next, but it will not be anywhere he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 And last week,\u00a0Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino\u00a0published an open letter urging Wasserman to step down from his company. \u201cGhislaine Maxwell is not a neutral character in a messy story \u2014 she is a convicted sex trafficker who helped facilitate the abuse of minors. … I did not consent to having my name or my career tied to someone with this kind of association to exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Who is Casey Wasserman?<\/h2>\n
Wasserman, grandson of movie mogul Lew Wasserman and son of stockbroker Jack Myers, built a sports and talent agency that represents top players in football, basketball and baseball \u2014 along with big-name actors such as Adam Sandler and Brad Pitt, as well as musicians including Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Kasey Musgraves and Lorde.<\/p>\n
He’s been at the center of headlines recently as the frontman for the Los Angeles Olympic effort; his lobbying played a big role in bringing the Summer Olympics\u00a0back to the U.S. in 2028.\u00a0Los Angeles previously hosted in 1984, and this will be the first Summer Games in the United States since Atlanta in 1996.<\/p>\n
But as it stands,\u00a0it does not appear\u00a0that the International Olympic Committee is interested in putting pressure on Wasserman.<\/p>\n
Last week, IOC president Kirsty Coventry was asked if Wasserman was still the right person to oversee the next Summer Games; she responded, \u201cFrom the IOC point of view, the (organizing committee) and how they are structured is not something we are going to get involved into.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wasserman has faced calls from lawmakers and those in political circles in LA to step down as chair of the city\u2019s Olympic project he has led since it was first a hosting candidate 11 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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