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Edward Helmore

Casey Wasserman to sell talent agency after links to Ghislaine Maxwell exposed in Epstein files

Casey Wasserman on 3 February 2026 in Milan, Italy.
Casey Wasserman on 3 February 2026 in Milan, Italy. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

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, grandson of the late 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.

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