{"id":712238,"date":"2026-02-18T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:22:00","slug":"pop-star-laufey-departs-wasserman-amid-epstein-files-fallout-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pop-star-laufey-departs-wasserman-amid-epstein-files-fallout-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Star Laufey Departs Wasserman Amid Epstein Files Fallout (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tLaufey has left Wasserman amid the tumult of Casey Wasserman\u2018s inclusion in the Epstein Files, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. <\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s unclear whether the Grammy-winning Icelandic jazz pop singer is leaving due to the scandal or if she was already planning a departure before the controversy had surfaced in the past few weeks. One source told THR <\/em>of her impending departure before Wasserman announced his plans to sell his agency on Friday night. <\/p>\n

\n\tLaufey is currently on tour in Europe and hasn\u2019t released any comment about the agency since the controversy began. Laufey is managed by Foundations, the same management firm for superstar Chapp<\/a>ell Roan, who remains the biggest act to leave the agency amid the fallout.<\/p>\n

\n\tRegardless of the rationale, any further losses for Wasserman hurt the company, which is looking to retain as much value as possible while it\u2019s currently up for sale. And while it\u2019s commonplace for artists to look for new representation even in a normal climate, Wasserman would ideally need to retain as many of its acts as it can given that it will likely be harder to bring on new clients amid the chaos.<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Laufey didn\u2019t respond to multiple requests for comment. <\/p>\n

\n\tDozens of acts including Roan, Orville Peck, John Summit and Wednesday announced they\u2019d either left or threatened to leave the agency over Wasserman\u2019s inclusion in the Epstein Files, where 20-year-old flirty emails between him and Ghislaine Maxwell had surfaced. On the sports side, retired soccer star Abby Wambach also confirmed she was leaving.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNo artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values,\u201d Roan\u00a0said last week on social media<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn a memo obtained by THR <\/em>on Friday night, Wasserman confirmed his intent to sell his eponymous agency, telling staffers that he had \u201cbecome a distraction\u201d from his company\u2019s daily operations. He called his interactions with Epstein and Maxwell \u201climited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was years before their criminal conduct came to light, and, in its entirety, consisted of one humanitarian trip<\/a> to Africa and a handful of emails that I deeply regret sending,\u201d Wasserman said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m heartbroken that my brief contact with them 23 years ago has caused you, this company, and its clients so much hardship over the past days and weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWasserman said his focus would turn full-time to his work as chair of the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Last week, the board confirmed it would continue to back Wasserman, though on Monday, LA mayor Karen Bass said Wasserman should step down from his post.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe board made a decision. I think that decision was unfortunate,\u201d Bass said. \u201cI don\u2019t support the decision. I do think that we need to look at the leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Laufey has left Wasserman amid the tumult of Casey Wasserman\u2018s inclusion in the Epstein Files, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. It\u2019s unclear whether the Grammy-winning Icelandic jazz pop singer is leaving due to the scandal or if she was already planning a departure before the controversy had surfaced in the past few weeks. One…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-mediaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}