"The Dropkick Murphys announced the band has parted ways with the Wasserman talent agency after the company's founder, Casey Wasserman, was named in a newly released batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Quincy, Massachusetts-based band shared the announcement on Instagram. "It saddens us to part ways with [our agents], but the namesake of the agency is in the Epstein files so...we GONE," the band wrote."
"Although Wasserman has not been accused of any crimes or directly linked to Epstein, the files released by the Department of Justice in late January included emails exchanged between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein who was convicted in 2021 of helping him sexually abuse teenage girls. The emails dated back to 2003, years before Maxwell's arrest and conviction. At the time, Wasserman was married with a young family, according to the New York Times."
"The Dropkick Murphys are not alone in distancing themselves from the agency. Pop singer Chappell Roan announced Monday that she also left Wasserman. "No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values," Roan wrote in an Instagram post announcing her departure. Other entertainers, including country music artist Orville Peck and soccer star Abby Wambach, followed suit this week."
Dropkick Murphys severed ties with the Wasserman talent agency after company founder Casey Wasserman's name appeared in a batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The band announced the split on Instagram and cited the agency namesake's presence in the files. Department of Justice documents included emails between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell dating to 2003; Wasserman has not been accused of crimes. Several entertainers, including Chappell Roan, Orville Peck, and Abby Wambach, also left the agency. Wasserman has faced calls to step down as chair of the LA28 Board of Directors.
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