Casey Wasserman has taken a decisive step as pressure surrounding newly released Epstein-related documents continues to intensify.
The entertainment executive has retained investment bank Moelis & Company to formally pursue a sale of his talent and sports marketing agency, signaling that what began as reputational fallout has now moved into a high-stakes corporate transition.
The development marks a significant escalation from earlier reports that Wasserman was weighing strategic options. With Moelis officially engaged, the process has entered a structured sale phase - underscoring the seriousness of the situation facing one of the industry's most prominent agency heads.
As previously reported in our coverage of Wasserman selling his agency amid Epstein fallout, scrutiny intensified after flirtatious 2003 emails between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced in newly unsealed court documents tied to the Epstein investigation.
In a memo to staff, Wasserman acknowledged the mounting pressure.
"This organization, its leadership and the entire team mean the world to me," he wrote. "But I believe I have become a distraction."
The emails predate the public exposure of Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell's crimes by more than a decade. Wasserman has apologized for the correspondence and has stated that his only interaction with Epstein was a single humanitarian trip in 2002. Still, the disclosures have triggered criticism from public officials and renewed scrutiny across both his agency and his leadership role with LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic Games.
By bringing in Moelis - a firm known for advising on major media and entertainment transactions - Wasserman appears to be moving quickly to stabilize the business and contain further fallout.
