Casey Wasserman’s name was dropped on Monday from the sports and marketing agency he founded, as company officials continued to seek a buyer for the Los Angeles business and distance it from Mr. Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein files.
On Monday morning, the company redirected visitors from its old website for the Wasserman agency to a new page featuring its rebranded name, “The Team,” and a new logo.
“As of today, Wasserman is rebranding as THE TEAM,” the company said in a brief statement on the website. “For 24 years, this company has been shaped by our work, our people and our unifying belief in the power of sports, music and entertainment. That philosophy remains the foundation of who we are — and where we are going. We go forward as we always have: Together.”
The statement made no mention of Mr. Wasserman, who announced his plans to sell the company on Feb. 13.
Mr. Wasserman, 51, the scion of Hollywood royalty and a major Democratic donor, suffered a reputational blow after files released by the Department of Justice in January included suggestive emails he sent years ago to Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender. The emails were sent in 2003, more than a decade before Ms. Maxwell was also convicted of sex crimes.
In the wake of the disclosures, Mr. Wasserman’s company suffered, as more than two dozen of his clients, from the pop singer Chappell Roan to the retired soccer star Abby Wambach, denounced him or sought other representation.
By mid-February, the furor had risen to such a pitch that Mr. Wasserman, who is also the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, said he would sell his firm, step back from his business interests and focus on preparation for the 2028 Games.
Even so, criticism has continued from Los Angeles officials. Three days after he stepped back from his firm, Mayor Karen Bass called on him to resign from his Olympics role. And last week, the Los Angeles City Council postponed a vote on a resolution that would have expressed “concern regarding the potential conflict between the Olympic movement’s values and Casey Wasserman’s association with the Epstein files” and urged LA28 to adopt a morals clause for its leaders.
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Emmanuel Morgan contributed reporting from Los Angeles.
Shawn Hubler is The Times’s Los Angeles bureau chief, reporting on the news, trends and personalities of Southern California.
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