Skip to content
Sign In Subscribe
epstein files — los angeles 2028 — casey wasserman — ioc — jeffrey epstein — paolo zampolli — ghislaine maxwell — ethics — organized crime — good governance — johan eliasch — richard carrion — articles — documentation — ana irene delgado — transparency — doj

The Epstein Files create an Olympic problem

Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA 2028, appears in the Epstein Files published by the DOJ. Wasserman is not under investigation, but moral questions arise that the Olympic movement cannot avoid. IOC members are also named in the documents. The latter is a different matter from the Wasserman case.

,   and  Jens Weinreich
12 min read
Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics: August 2025, Casey Wasserman at the center of power. (Photo: The White House)

Exclusively for subscribers.

Become a subscriber. Support independent investigative journalism.

I would like to start with those who may have obviously been innocently included in such documents and thus cast in a bad light. This concerns at least two IOC members. I have just spoken to one of these IOC members about the latest cache of documents. This man is mentioned in the Epstein Files because, among other things, a year after the death of human trafficker and felon Jeffrey Epstein, a private investigator contacted the DOJ and alleged that the current IOC member had a close relationship with Epstein. Without any evidence.

The private investigator, who was working on a completely different matter, certainly did not give his real name in the conversation with one of the investigators. That person never provided any reliable information. Just slander.

That is one side of the coin. I will discuss this at the end of the article.

The other side of the coin is those who can indeed be counted among Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's good acquaintances, lovers and even business partners – shameful enough.

This category includes one of the guardians of the so-called Olympic ideals: multimillionaire Casey Wasserman, chairman of the Los Angeles Organising Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LAOCOG).

This category also includes Paolo Zampolli, Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Global Partnerships, about whom I reported in detail a few days ago.

And this creates a new Olympic problem.

This post is for paying subscribers only

Subscribe

Already have an account? Sign In

Latest

IOC administration: ‘The whole place is rotten to the core’
ethics

IOC administration: ‘The whole place is rotten to the core’

IOC employees describe a culture of fear not only in the offices in Lausanne. The situation in Madrid, where a quarter of the IOC workforce is based, is also described as toxic in some departments. The incidents and the way in which management deals with them reveal a worrying Olympic pattern.

,   and  Jens Weinreich
Members Public
UIPM Court of Arbitration declares 2024 elections 'lawful'
uipm monarchy

UIPM Court of Arbitration declares 2024 elections 'lawful'

The Pentathlon Union managed to delay the arbitration process indefinitely, the appeal lodged by Sharif El Erian was now dismissed. The Egyptian had a majority of 51:50 in the second round of voting at the 2024 congress in Riyadh, but the highly controversial American Robert Stull became president.

,   and  Jens Weinreich
Members Public