{"id":169223,"date":"2026-02-08T12:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/169223\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:13:29","slug":"best-coasts-bethany-cosentino-lambasts-wasserman-music-citing-epstein-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/169223\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino lambasts Wasserman Music, citing Epstein connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bethany Cosentino, the solo artist and co-founder of the rock band Best Coast, posted an open letter<\/a> castigating her booking agency Wasserman Music over its founder\u2019s connections to Jeffrey Epstein and relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. <\/p>\n

Agency founder Casey Wasserman \u2014 also the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee \u2014 was included in a recently released tranche of federal documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. While Wasserman was long known to have have flown with his then-wife Laura on Epstein\u2019s plane with the disgraced financier, these new documents included sexually suggestive messages between Wasserman and Maxwell, Epstein\u2019s consigliere who is serving a lengthy sentence in federal prison for child sex trafficking. <\/p>\n

In a statement to the Hollywod Reporter<\/a>, Wasserman said, \u201cI deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell which took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cosentino, a Wasserman client since 2021, wrote in a letter posted to social media that her agency head\u2019s response to the backlash was \u201cnot enough… Regret without accountability is just damage control.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are tired of learning, over and over, that men who control access, resources, money and so-called safety in our industry are given endless grace,\u201d Cosentino wrote. \u201cWe are tired of being asked to treat proximity to something horrific as an unfortunate situation we should simply move past \u2014 especially when the person involved still holds all the power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis letter is my public refusal to accept that this is \u2018just how things are,\u2019\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n

Cosentino specified that she is \u201cIn the Sam Hunt business,\u201d referring to her longtime agent. \u201cI am not in the Wasserman business. I have asked to remove my name and the band\u2019s name from the company site. The position Casey Wasserman has put his agents in is inexcusable. This is a call for him to step down and a change of business name be imminent.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the messages between Wasserman and Maxwell, Maxwell said she \u201cthought of [Wasserman] at inappropriate moments,\u201d to which Wasserman answered \u201cI think of you all the time\u2026 So what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit? I am in NY tonight, youre not, what am I to do? Xoxo cw\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, Wasserman wrote <\/a>\u201cI thought we would start at that place that you know of, and then continue the massage concept into your bed\u2026and then again in the morning\u2026not sure if or when we would stop.\u201d She responded<\/a>: \u201cUmm \u2013 all that rubbing \u2013 are you sure you can take it? The thought frankly is leaving me a little breathless. There are a few spots that apparently drive a man wild -I suppose I could practise them on you and you could let me know if they work or not?\u201d<\/p>\n

Wasserman Music is a leading talent agency, representing top acts like Chappell Roan and Kendrick Lamar. Previously, Billie Eilish left Wasserman<\/a> after reports surfaced of separate incidents of alleged sexual misconduct from Wasserman. <\/p>\n

Local politicians have called for Wasserman to back away from the Olympics committee. \u201cI think Casey Wasserman needs to step down,\u201d said L.A. County Supervisor <\/a>Janice Hahn. \u201cHaving him represent us on the world stage distracts focus from our athletes and the enormous effort needed to prepare for 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethany Cosentino, the solo artist and co-founder of the rock band Best Coast, posted an open letter castigating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[81239,81236,34957,81238,36294,35251,48,52,51,47,50,49,59118,4263,1554,77110,1410,8826,81240,77055,81237],"class_list":["post-169223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-best-coast","tag-bethany-cosentino","tag-epstein","tag-epstein-connection","tag-head","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-maxwell","tag-money","tag-name","tag-open-letter","tag-place","tag-relationship","tag-suggestive-message","tag-wasserman","tag-wasserman-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}