Karen Bass says Casey Wasserman should step down as LA28 chair

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a CNN interview Monday she believes Casey Wasserman should step down as chair of the LA28 Olympic organizing committee, breaking weeks of silence on the issue after Wasserman’s name surfaced in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

“My opinion is that he should step down,” Bass told CNN’s Dana Bash.

She added that while the LA28 board has discretion over its leadership, she did not support its recent decision to keep Wasserman in place.