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Racy emails between Casey Wasserman, the LA 2028 Olympics committee chair and CEO of talent agency Wasserman Media Group, with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell have put him in hot water with a popular artist he represents.

Bethany Cosentino, the frontwoman of rock band Best Coast, has released a statement demanding Wasserman step down and that the agency changes its name, Pitchfork reported. She has asked the agency remove her name and the band's name in the meantime. The agency has represented Cosentino and her band since 2021.

“Ghislaine Maxwell is not a neutral character in a messy story—she is a convicted sex trafficker who helped facilitate the abuse of minors,” Cosentino wrote. “I did not consent to having my name or my career tied to someone with this kind of association to exploitation.”...

LA 2028 Olympics committee chair Casey Wasserman was under fire and facing calls to resign on Tuesday after reports surfaced that he sent "racy emails" to Ghislaine Maxwell.

Wasserman has said that he regretted the messages between himself and Maxwell, which were discovered in the most recent trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice last week, according to The Los Angeles Times.

High-ranking politician Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents parts of Southern Los Angeles and coastal communities, is working with the organizing group to plan the Olympic Games, urged Wasserman to step down from his role on the Olympic committee, The Times reported....