A pop star Chapel Rhone After emails between its founder and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced in the Epstein files, she announced she was leaving her talent agency.
The Grammy-winning artist shared a statement on social media announcing her departure from Wasserman, led by sports and entertainment executive Casey Wasserman.
“As of today, I don’t represent Wasserman,” Roan said, good luck, babe! and Pink Pony Club, wrote on Instagram.
“I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a responsibility to protect them as well. No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to protect or condone actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values.”
Documents recently released by the US Department of Justice include flirtatious email exchanges from 2003 between Wasserman and Maxwell, who were married at the time. The exchange took place before Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on federal charges that she conspired with Epstein to sexually assault teenage girls.
Wasserman is in charge of organizing the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Apologizes for communicating with Maxwell. “I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell,” he said, “long before her terrible crimes came to light.”
Ron did not announce his departure from Wasserman in his statement on Instagram about Epstein or the Epstein files.
The 27-year-old said she refused to “stand by passively” and that artists “deserve representation that is consistent with their values and supports their safety and dignity.”
She concluded that the decision to leave Wasserman “reflects my belief that meaningful change in our industry requires leadership that earns accountability and trust.”
Wasserman said he had “never had a personal or business relationship” with Epstein but that he had participated in a “humanitarian mission” on his plane. “I deeply regret being associated with any of them,” he added.
None of Epstein’s victims have brought criminal charges against Wasserman. But since the revelations, he has been under pressure to fire himself from his talent agency and quit the Olympic organizing committee.
Rone, who has more than 35 million monthly listeners on Spotify, is the most high-profile artist to cut ties with Wasserman. Then her statement came out Other bands it represents have released announcements Moving away from the agency.
The indie rock band said Wednesday they were “appalled” by Wasserman’s feature in The Epstein Files and hope he steps down “for the sake of his staff.”
Dropkick’s Murphys posted on social media: “The agency’s name is in Epstein’s files so…we’re gone.”
Rock band Beach Bunny said they were “very disappointed and disgusted” that Wasserman was “involved with Ghislaine Maxwell”.
Others who shared statements about Wasserman included Best Coast Frontwoman Bethany Cosentino, who wrote that “people in power can’t skate,” and experimental indie rock duo Water From Your Eyes, who said they were “not interested in being associated with Casey Wasserman.”
Alexis Cross of Sleigh Bells said the duo would not be leaving the company, citing the financial impact on the band. “Do I want to burn it all down, banish it and leave? I sure do,” she wrote.
Other notable musicians represented by Wasserman include Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Coldplay, SZA, Lorde and Tyler, The Creator.
Maxwell is serving a 20 years imprisonment After being convicted by a jury in New York on charges including sex trafficking of a minor. She was arrested in 2020 after federal prosecutors alleged she recruited and groomed girls for sexual encounters with Epstein between 1994 and 2004.
The US Justice Department’s release of millions of internal documents related to Epstein revealed the late financier and sex offender’s relationships with several high-profile figures before and after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to prostitution charges, solicitation of an underage girl.
Epstein’s 2019 death in a Manhattan jail cell It was confirmed as suicide.
