Chappell Roan is leaving talent agency Wasserman Music. Last month, the agency’s CEO and founder, Casey Wasserman, appeared in a trove of Department of Justice documents related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well,” Roan wrote. “No artist, agent, or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values.”
The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer said she respected and appreciated staff at the agency but that the decision reflected her “belief that meaningful change in our industry requires accountability and leadership that earns trust.”
Roan did not explicitly mention Epstein in her post, but it comes after The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter reported about turmoil inside the agency over the CEO’s appearance in the files.
Representatives for Wasserman Music did not respond to a request for comment. The CEO has previously said he regrets the association.
Wasserman appeared in the most recent tranche of Epstein-related documents released by the DOJ. Appearing in the files does not necessarily suggest that a person has engaged in wrongdoing.
The documents included flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell from 2003.
Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 of five counts related to a sex trafficking scheme involving minors with Epstein. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022.
Wasserman, who is also the chairman of LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, apologized in a statement on January 31.
“I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell, which took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light,” he said. “I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As is well documented, I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a delegation with the Clinton Foundation in 2002 on the Epstein plane. I am terribly sorry for having any association with either of them.”
Roan, whose name is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, has been repped by the talent agency Wasserman since 2023. She is the latest star to leave the agency amidst the Epstein fallout. The artists Beach Bunny, Wednesday, and Bethany Cosentino from Best Coast walked away from the agency in the past week. In 2024, Billie Eilish left the agency for other reasons.
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