Best Coast Singer Demands Wasserman Resignation Over Epstein Emails

Bethany Cosentino, the lead singer of the indie rock duo Best Coast, publicly demanded the resignation of Casey Wasserman, founder and CEO of Wasserman Music, on Thursday after documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation revealed flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's convicted associate, in 2003.

In a lengthy open letter posted to her Instagram account, Cosentino, who has been represented by the agency since its expansion into music management in 2021, expressed outrage over the association. She called for Wasserman to step down, for the company to rebrand by changing its name, and for her and Best Coast's names to be removed from the agency's website. "As an artist represented by Wasserman, I did not consent to having my name or my career tied to someone with this kind of association to exploitation," Cosentino wrote. She emphasized that silence was not an option, particularly amid broader patterns of leniency toward powerful men.

The revelations came from a batch of nearly three million documents, along with thousands of videos and images, released by the Department of Justice on January 30 under the Epstein Files Transparency Act....