Days after Casey Wasserman was named in a tranche of Department of Justice documents related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and accomplice Ghislane Maxwell, the entertainment mogul is facing an internal schism at his namesake company.

“The position Casey Wasserman has put his agents in is inexcusable,” wrote Bethany Cosentino, frontwoman of rock duo Best Coast, in an open letter on Feb. 6 calling for the mogul to “step down” from the music and sports representation powerhouse he founded and has run since 2002. “We are demanding for Wasserman to remove himself and his name from the agency,” the Lili Trifilio-led band Beach Bunny posted on Feb. 8. “Continuing to be represented by a company led by and named after Casey Wasserman goes against our values and cannot continue,” the Karly Hartzman-MJ Lenderman band Wednesday posted a day later.

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