Maxwell’s response included an offer to give him a massage that can “drive a man wild”. “All that rubbing – are you sure you can take it? The thought frankly is leaving me a little breathless.”
Wasserman, a leading Hollywood talent agent for Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar, among others, is selling his business since the communications were released amid defections of dozens of musicians and performers from the agency, including pop superstar Chappell Roan.
But the LA28 board’s probe found that Wasserman’s relationship with Epstein and Maxwell “did not go past what has been already documented,” concluding that, “based on these facts, as well as the strong leadership he has exhibited over the past 10 years, Mr Wasserman should continue to lead LA28.”
This intrusion of the scandal that has engulfed America coincided with media speculation about Trump coming to Milan to attend the men’s ice hockey final if Team USA qualifies.
The USA is favoured to confront Canada, in a game that will draw massive interest given the National Hockey League superstars on both sides, the nations’ ferocious rivalry on the ice and recent political tensions. Both the US and Canada survived in overtime against Sweden (2-1) and Czechia (4-3) respectively. The US will meet Slovakia, with Canada facing Finland in the semis.
An official from the USA Olympics and Paralympics Committee told this masthead that they did not know if Trump – who went to the Team USA locker room for last year’s combative four-nations series – was turning up for Sunday’s final, should the US make it.
There are whispers US President Donald Trump could attend the Olympic hockey final if the USA qualify. Credit: AP
“We’ve not been given any notice,” said the US Olympics official. Canadian officials had sounded out their American counterparts if they knew anything about a Trump visit for the final.
A visit by Trump would create require major logistical operations, given the security requirements, at the ice hockey stadium in Milan.
Trump’s appearance at the men’s tennis final of the US Open in New York last year forced a delay in the match, as thousands of spectators were held up by security checks and many seats were empty when the match started.
The security arrangements would be handled by the governments of Italy and the US, but would also require coordination with Milano Cortina 2026 and the IOC.
Donald Trump at the US Open in New York last year.Credit: AP
On the face of it, a Trump visit to Milan for the ice hockey would be surprising because the president is due to deliver his State of the Union address for 2026 to the US Congress on February 24.
The speculation appears to have originated in Milan’s Corriere della Sera newspaper, which reported that police and local authorities were preparing for a potential brief surprise visit by the president for the ice hockey final and the closing ceremony that follows in Verona.
George W. Bush is the last American president to visit an Olympics, attending the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.
