The LA28 executive committee issued a statement Wednesday expressing support for 2028 Olympics chair Casey Wasserman.

Casey Wasserman will remain in place as chairman of LA28, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee, the organization announced on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Wasserman has been under pressure to step down after he was mentioned in the latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files.

Justice Department showed Wasserman exchanged flirtatious emails with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003. Maxwell would later be accused of helping Epstein recruit, traffic and abuse his victims; she is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Although we're a long way out from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, there's been a lot of drama surrounding the organizing committee for the Summer Games. Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the organizing committee,

Casey Wasserman — chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28) — continues to come under fire as a result of his association with Jeffrey Epstein