What a U.S. Olympic official just said about a 2028 Summer Games organizer appearing in the Epstein files

Casey Wasserman, chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, speaks at the launch party for Fanatics Studio, a global studio for sports entertainment, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. | Chris Pizzello The U.

S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is “closely monitoring” the impact of Casey Wasserman, the head of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, appearing in recently released government files on Jeffrey Epstein . That’s “raised concerns across our community.

We take the concerns seriously,” USOPC Chair Gene Sykes told reporters Wednesday when asked what Wasserman’s role with the next Olympics and Paralympics should be going forward. “We’re stewards of the Olympic and Paralympic movement in the United States, and we’re committed to upholding and consistently demonstrating the values that define it,” said Sykes, who led LA’s successful bid for a third Summer Games. Wasserman’s name surfaced in the Epstein files made public in February, in what have been described as flirtatious email exchanges from 2003 with Ghislaine Maxwell , who is serving a prison sentence for sex trafficking and other crimes related to Epstein’s abuse of underage girls.

There have since been calls by Los Angeles politicians for Wasserman to resign as chair and president of the L. A. organizing committee.