Sports Mogul Sells Agency After Discovering 'Humanitarian' Emails Backfire

KEY POINTS

•Casey Wasserman announced on Friday that he is selling his sports marketing and talent agency due to fallout from his association with Epstein files.
•Wasserman's emails with Ghislaine Maxwell from 2003 and flights on Epstein’s jet alongside Bill Clinton were revealed after the DOJ released related documents.
•Following backlash from key clients like Chappell Roan and Abby Wambach, Wasserman apologized and named Mike Watts to lead daily operations during the sale.

Casey Wasserman—yes, the guy whose agency reps Olympians and pop stars—decided Friday to sell his 4,000-employee empire after his email chit-chats from 2003 with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker, became headline material courtesy of the DOJ's 3 million-page Epstein file dump. The documents exposed Wasserman's flights on Epstein’s jet with ex-President Bill Clinton and showed his 'limited interactions' involved a 'humanitarian trip to Africa' and 'a handful of emails' he now calls 'deeply regrettable.' Predictably, his top talent, including singer Chappell Roan and athlete Abby Wambach, couldn't wait to jump ship. "I'm a distraction," Wasserman confessed in a memo, pitching Michael Watts as the stand-in while he focuses on delivering the 2028 LA Olympics—because nothing screams redemption like carrying the Olympic torch after this circus.

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Who knew that a two-decade-old email apology tour with a convicted sex trafficker would be the fastest way to liquidate a sports empire? Wasserman’s lesson: year-old receipts might still cost you billions and friends.

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