Ed Sheeran is facing renewed online boycott calls after agency executive Casey Wasserman was linked to Epstein-related records, amid ongoing controversy surrounding the Loop Tour.

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Wasserman’s connection to the Epstein records has been documented separately from Sheeran. The entertainment executive, who founded Wasserman Media Group, appears in released records concerning Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

According to a database compiling publicly released records, Wasserman is listed in 109 flight records and 19 documents connected to Epstein-related material. The records include a 2002 trip on Epstein’s private jet to Africa as part of a humanitarian delegation associated with the Clinton Foundation.

Documents also include correspondence between Wasserman and Maxwell from 2003. Wasserman has previously denied having a personal or business relationship with Epstein, while reporting has detailed the circumstances surrounding his contact with Epstein’s circle.

  • ramenshamanEnglish
    255·
    17 days ago

    In Ed’s defence, not that he really deserves any defense, I doubt Ed know about this. But still, fuck you Ed.

    • IndustryStandardEnglish
      461·
      16 days ago

      A lot of famous artists quit Wasserman agency last year specifically because of this. So it is almost impossible he did not know of it.

      Coincidentally everyone signed with Wasserman agency never speaks out for Palestine except a rare both sides statement for some.

    • njm1314English
      101·
      17 days ago

      I don’t know if I believe that. I mean how often if we heard the oh everybody knows but no one said anything story when it comes to the rich and famous and Powerful?

      • qarboneEnglish
        33·
        16 days ago

        I don’t know about you specifically but “we know” because someone else looked it up and shared it.

        I’d be surprised if, of the people that read the Epstein files and recognized Ed Sheeran’s agency’s boss name (Casey Wasserman) in them, that count had four digits. But maybe I’m just unplugged from the entertainment industry

        • Amnesigenic@lemmy.mlEnglish
          52·
          16 days ago

          I’m also extremely out of touch with whatever’s current, and I can afford to be because I don’t work in the entertainment industry. Part of every celebrity’s job is image management, a single scandal can ruin a career and they all know it. He didn’t try because he didn’t care, because he didn’t think it would matter. He was wrong and now he’s paying for it, and I think that’s pretty cool and completely fair.

        • Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          16 days ago

          He named his company after himself, and Wasserman has its fingers in every talent agency pot - MLB, NBA, NASCAR, PGA, they’re in British football, in German boxing, they represent musicians, actors, filmmakers, YouTubers, eSports players, and more. I’m pretty sure it’s that you’re unplugged.

        • NalivaiEnglish
          21·
          16 days ago

          I get that he’s extremely busy with whatever the fuck he’s doing, song singing and whatnot, but he’s rich enough so he can hire a student to google all the names of the people who he’s associated with and replace everyone who fucked kids. Hell, he’s rich enough so he can hire two students so they can google each other, to eliminate all the possibilities.