"The sports and entertainment talent agent said in a memo to staff that he had "become a distraction" to the company's work and had started the process to sell the firm. Mike Watts, a long-time executive, would take on day-to-day control of the business, he said in the memo obtained by Bloomberg News. Some of Ireland's best-known personalities are signed to the global music and sports agency."
"The files contained flirtatious 2003 email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting girls for sexual abuse by Epstein and for participating in some of the assaults. Wasserman's presence in the Epstein files also prompted some Los Angeles politicians to call for him to step down from the city's 2028 Olympic organizing committee, which he headed."
Wasserman said in a memo that he had become a distraction and had begun the process to sell the firm, with long-time executive Mike Watts taking day-to-day control. Several international music stars and athletes have left the agency, including Chappell Roan and Abby Wambach, while many Irish personalities remain represented. Wasserman's name appears in Epstein-related documents that include flirtatious 2003 emails with Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for recruiting girls for sexual abuse and participating in assaults. Some Los Angeles politicians urged his removal from the LA28 Olympic committee, but the committee said the relationship did not go beyond what was publicly documented and he will remain.
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