Overview
- The Justice Department, acting under a transparency law, released millions of Epstein-related documents that include flirtatious 2003 emails between Casey Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, with references to a “tight leather outfit” and a massage that could “drive a man wild.”
- L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, City Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martínez, Monica Rodriguez and Imelda Padilla, and State Sen. Lena Gonzalez have called for Wasserman to step down.
- Wasserman apologized for the correspondence, said it occurred two decades ago, denied any personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and noted a 2002 Clinton Foundation humanitarian trip on Epstein’s plane.
- News reports state he has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing connected to the disclosures, and there has been no announced disciplinary action from LA28 or the IOC.
- Wasserman is in Milan with the LA28 delegation for Winter Games meetings, and IOC President Kirsty Coventry said the organization has nothing further to add.