Wasserman Refuses to Resign as LA28 Chair After Investigation and IOC Praise for Olympic Preparations

Casey Wasserman said Thursday he will not resign as chairman of LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. Wasserman spoke to the Los Angeles Times four months after emails he exchanged with Ghislaine Maxwell appeared in the Epstein files in February. Several local politicians, including Mayor Karen Bass, had called for him to step down.

He said he speaks with the mayor weekly if not more frequently. “Our conversations are between us,” Wasserman said. ” Bass has advanced to November’s runoff in her bid for a second term. Reality television personality Spencer Pratt and City Councilmember Nithya Raman are competing for the second spot on the ballot.

U.S. presidential administrations since the bid began in 2015. “Transitions of politics, whether they happen or not, is part of the world we live in,” he said.

IOC members visited Los Angeles this week for the seventh coordination commission meeting since the city was awarded the Games in 2017. ” “The team is ready. The Games are on track and the Games are in the safe hands of a very qualified and a very capable team,” Hoevertsz said.

5 billion goal. More than 4 million tickets sold during the first sales window earlier this year. org until July 22. LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover said seat assignments will be issued once venue layouts are finalized.

“We’re not pulling a bait and switch on you,” he said. The 2028 Olympic Games will include almost 11,000 athletes, the largest total in history, followed by the longest Paralympic Games ever held and the first Paralympics in Los Angeles. LA28 is monitoring spectator transportation during the FIFA World Cup matches in Los Angeles this summer.

Wasserman was selected by former Mayor Eric Garcetti to lead the effort. The controversy surfaced during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, where he delivered a required presentation to IOC members. In the weeks afterward he placed his talent agency for sale.