Clients including Chappell Roan and Abby Wambach cut ties to firm after communications came to light
Casey Wasserman, a leading Hollywood talent agent whose clients include Chappell Roan, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar, is selling his business after communications with Ghislaine Maxwell were exposed as part of the US justice department’s recent dump of investigative documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
Wasserman, son of famed Hollywood dealmaker Lew Wasserman, said late on Friday he was putting his eponymous talent and marketing agency on the block, citing the impact on the company from “past personal mistakes” and telling staff he felt that he had “become a distraction” to its work.
The details were first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Wasserman said a deputy, company president Mike Watts, would oversee day-to-day business operations “while I devote my full attention to delivering Los Angeles an Olympic Games in 2028 that is worthy of this outstanding city”.
