Palak JayswalA band that started in Utah County is joining the mass exodus of artists leaving a Los Angeles talent agency whose owner has been linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.
The Aces, an indie pop quartet, announced they would no longer be represented by the Wasserman Agency via their Instagram story last week.
“We have never met or worked with Casey Wasserman and he does not represent the values of our band or the agents we have worked with,” they wrote. “We stand with all victims of abuse.”
The latest release of Epstein files from the Department of Justice includes flirtatious emails that Casey Wasserman, the founder of Wasserman Agency, exchanged with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003. Maxwell was an accomplice to Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier who died by suicide while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
Since the release of the emails, Wasserman has apologized and stated that he regrets his exchange with Maxwell. He also said “he never had a personal or business relationship with Epstein.”
Wasserman Agency represents individuals in the music, sports and entertainment world. Artists like Chappell Roan, Chelsea Cutler, Hippo Campus and Orville Peck have publicly cut ties with the agency.
Wasserman has since announced he plans to sell his talent agency. He will remain the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Committee.
The Aces are set to open on Louis Tomlinson’s upcoming tour.
Palak Jayswal is an award-winning journalist who covers culture/music at The Tribune. She graduated from the University of Utah and has lived in Utah her entire life. Her work spans areas of coverage in the cultural world. She loves writing about how culture —and the people who create it— shape life in Utah. She aspires to write for Rolling Stone.