Casey Wasserman Accused of Secretly Recording Call in Alleged Blackmail Plot Against John Schnatter

Hollywood pariah Casey Wasserman is being accused of trying to strong-arm $6 million from Papa John’s founder John Schnatter after secretly recording the pizza-making pioneer of using an alleged racial slur.

The bombshell allegation against the embattled chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28) comes after Wasserman put his marketing firm up for sale following newly surfaced emails revealing flirtatious exchanges with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s partner-in-grime Ghislaine Maxwell — leading numerous big-time clients to flee.

While a slew of politicians, including L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, are calling for Wasserman to step down from LA28, Schnatter’s recently slammed the Hollywood mogul and his ad agency Laundry Service, with a NEW subpoena in a 2019 breach of contract breach of contract lawsuit.

“Following recent revelations about Casey Wasserman’s potential ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Mr. Schnatter’s team reviewed documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice,” Schnatter’s spokesperson Mark Serrano tells Deadline, referring to earlier statements he made about a Motion Picture and Television Fund’s Night Before (MPTF) gala event.

“They learned that not only did Mr. Wasserman and his then-wife receive packages from Epstein and Maxwell in late-2002, but also that in 2013, Epstein purchased a ticket to a fundraiser for the MPTF, of which Mr. Wasserman is a longtime board member,” Serrano adds. “This new information has raised serious questions about Mr. Wasserman’s prior testimony as a witness in Mr. Schnatter’s lawsuit against Laundry Service.”