LA Mayor Bass says 2028 Olympics head Wasserman should step down over Epstein ties

MILAN (AP) — Pressure built Tuesday on Casey Wasserman as head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing team after the city’s mayor urged him to leave over his historic ties to Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass told CNN late Monday, “My opinion is that he should step down” despite Wasserman getting support last week from the games organizing board to stay.

The issue has been a distraction for the International Olympic Committee this month since Wasserman’s flirtatious emails from 2003 with Ghislaine Maxwell were published in a release of United States government files days before the Milan Cortina Winter Games opened.

The IOC had consistently deflected questions in Milan about Wasserman, saying it was a matter for the LA28 board, though its language shifted slightly Tuesday.



https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5741225-la-mayor-bass-says-2028-olympics-head-wasserman-should-step-down-over-epstein-ties/