FILE: Wasserman to remain LA28 chairman after Epstein review

VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF LOS ANGELES 2028 CHIEF CASEY WASSERMAN / RECENT & FILE PHOTOS OF WASSERMAN RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (RECENT – JANUARY 13, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. CHAIRMAN OF LA 2028, CASEY WASSERMAN AT PODIUM 2. WASSERMAN SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE – NOVEMBER 14, 2024) (REUTERS – Access All) 3. LA28 OLYMPICS & LA28 PARALYMPICS BRANDING 4. WASSERMAN SPEAKING AT PRESS CONFERENCE (NOT A SOUNDBITE) 5. WASSERMAN & INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE MEMBER NICOLE HOEVERTSZ STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER DURING GROUP PHOTO 6. STILL PHOTO OF WASSERMAN DURING PRESS CONFERENCE (MUTE) MILAN, ITALY (RECENT – FEBRUARY 3, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 7. STILL PHOTO OF WASSERMAN DURING SPEECH AT 145TH IOC SESSION  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE – JUNE 5, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 8. STILL PHOTO OF WASSERMAN SPEAKING DURING PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE END OF A THREE-DAY VISIT BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) STORY: Casey Wasserman will remain chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after organisers conducted a review of his past interactions with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and late financier Jeffrey Epstein, LA28 said on Wednesday (February 11). Files published by the U.S. Justice Department late last month included email exchanges from 2003 between Wasserman, who was married at the time, and Maxwell, the former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Epstein. LA28 said it took allegations of misconduct seriously and that with the assistance of outside counsel it conducted a review of Wasserman's past interactions with Epstein and Maxwell. Wasserman fully cooperated with the review, LA28 said. The review found Wasserman's relationship with Epstein and Maxwell did not go beyond what had already been publicly documented. It determined that 23 years ago, before Wasserman or the public knew of Epstein and Maxwell's crimes, Wasserman and his then-wife flew on a humanitarian mission to Africa on Epstein's plane at the invitation of the Clinton Foundation. LA28 said this was his single interaction with Epstein, and shortly after, he exchanged the publicly known emails with Maxwell. Wasserman has apologised for communicating with Maxwell, after the publication of a series of personal emails between the two. Wasserman has denied having a personal or business relationship with Epstein. In his apology for his association with Maxwell, he said their interactions came before her or Epstein's crimes were revealed. According to a Los Angeles Times report from last week, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, State Senator Lena Gonzalez and a trio of city council members were among those who had called for Wasserman to resign as LA28 chair. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found guilty in 2021 by a jury in New York on charges including sex trafficking of a minor. Maxwell was arrested in 2020 after being accused by federal prosecutors of recruiting and grooming girls for sexual encounters with Epstein between 1994 and 2004. The U.S. Justice Department's release of millions of internal documents related to Epstein has revealed the late financier and sex offender's ties to many prominent people – both before and after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to prostitution charges, including soliciting an underage girl. His 2019 death in a Manhattan jail cell was ruled a suicide. (Production: Stefan Haskins)

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