Nicholas Confessore

That is what I think was so toxic for these two people in their positions of trust at these two big institutions, Goldman Sachs, one of the nation's leading financial institutions, and Paul Weiss, a major law firm.

That's right.

And if you add one more layer, part of the connection here is the relationship with Leon Black, the billionaire investor, and work that Epstein did for Leon Black.

So if you're Brad Karp, a person looking at all this is wondering, are you helping this sex predator because there's money in it for your firm because of these financial and professional relationships?

Which in some ways, again, it's one thing if you're a defense lawyer.

But this is corporate law.

You know, I think he's in some ways the most interesting case in a way that perhaps reveals some of the fault lines around what we make of the fallout of Epstein.

So you might ask, so what did he do with Epstein?

The answer, as far as we can say right now, is not much.

In 2002 and 2003, two things happened.

In 2002, Wasserman flew on Epstein's plane as part of a humanitarian trip with Bill Clinton.

It appears he was part of Clinton's entourage taking a trip on Epstein's plane.

And the second thing is that after that trip in 2003, he exchanged flirty emails with Glenn Maxwell, Epstein's accomplice.

So why are these years important?

Because this is a few years before Epstein gets arrested in Palm Beach.

And that was the first clear public sign of what Epstein was up to with girls and women.

Maxwell's role as Epstein's accomplice doesn't begin to come into focus until a few years after that.

And she isn't convicted of a crime until 2021, almost two decades after she and Wasserman were emailing each other.

And yet this month, after some details of those exchanges became public, Casey Wasserman announced that he would step down from and try to sell his own talent agency after some higher profile clients said they would sever ties with his firm.

I think it shows that even people who are not accused of taking part in Epstein's crimes, or even enabling them, can now face serious life-altering consequences just for having some association with him.