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Karen Bass says Casey Wasserman should step down as LA28 chair
Mayor Bass calls for Wasserman's resignation over 2003 emails with convicted sex trafficker Maxwell while LA28 board supports him amid client losses and agency sale.
- Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, said Casey Wasserman should step down as chair of the LA28 organizing committee for the 2028 Olympics, although she cannot fire him.
- Despite calls for Wasserman's resignation over his past correspondence with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, the LA28 board backed him as chair, citing an independent review finding his relationship with Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein did not go beyond a 2002 humanitarian trip on Epstein's plane.
- The emails from 2003 revealed flirtatious exchanges between Wasserman and Maxwell, including Wasserman saying he wanted to see Maxwell in a 'tight leather outfit' and Maxwell offering him a massage that could 'drive a man wild.
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Calls for Casey Wasserman to Resign from 2028 Olympics Post Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Wasserman's name surfaced in a series of emails to Ghislaine Maxwell that were released in the Epstein files in JanuaryCasey Wasserman, Jeffrey Epstein Amy Sussman/Getty; Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via GettyNEED TO KNOWL.A. Mayor Karen Bass is calling on Casey Wasserman to step down from his post as the chair and president of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic GamesBass said in an interview that she doesn'…
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, has called for the resignation of Casey Wasserman as chairman of the organizing committee of the Olympic Games of 2028, after personal tone emails exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein’s partner Ghislaine Maxwell were published. “My opinion is that I should resign,” Bass said in an interview this Monday with CNN, in which she stressed that she has no authority to dismiss him, after the JJO’s Board or Executive Comm…
Mayor Karen Bass publicly called for the resignation of Casey Wasserman, president of the organizing committee, after the U.S. Department of Justice
Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, said that the chairman of the organizing committee of the 2028 Olympic Games should resign. Recently, the name Casey Wasserman appeared in the new related documents...
Los Angeles mayor calls for Olympics chair to step down over Epstein files
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in an interview Monday she wants Casey Wasserman, whose name was mentioned in the Epstein files, to step down as the chief organiser of the 2028 Summer Olympics. Bass told CNN it was “unfortunate” the LA28 organisers were supporting Wasserman after revelations he exchanged flirtatious emails with Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell two decades ago. Mayor shifts stance on L…
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