This post was updated Feb. 3 at 11:01 p.m.

UCLA donor and alumnus Casey Wasserman exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in the early 2000s, according to the latest release of the Epstein files.

Wasserman, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1996, is the chairperson of the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics. He is also the CEO of the Wasserman sports, music and entertainment agency and the CEO and chairman of the Wasserman Foundation, which supports arts, culture, education, health and service initiatives, according to its website.

The Wasserman Foundation has given millions to UCLA. The foundation has funded the construction of two buildings on campus – the Wasserman Football Center and the Edie & Lew Wasserman Building in Stein Plaza – as well as the Edie and Lew Wasserman Scholars Endowment.

Wasserman was also a member of the search committee for a new UCLA football coach this past fall, and a 2023 Instagram post from Athletics Director Martin Jarmond showed him attending the team’s practice.

The Epstein files include thousands of documents and emails related to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who the United States Department of Justice said committed suicide while jailed in 2019. Epstein was charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors in July 2019, a month before his death.

Appearing in the documents does not imply criminal wrongdoing. Several people mentioned in previous releases have denied wrongdoing relating to Epstein.

Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors.

The DOJ released thousands of files Dec. 19 – following President Donald Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required that the DOJ publicize all unclassified documents related to Epstein. It published more than three million new documents Friday in compliance with the law, including emails showing Wasserman corresponding with Maxwell.

Wasserman said in a 2003 email to Maxwell that he thought of her “all the time” and asked “what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?” Wasserman’s message came in response to an email in which Maxwell told Wasserman she would be returning to New York and “wearing a tight leather flying suit.”

Wasserman said in an emailed statement that he regrets his communications with Maxwell, adding that they were “long before her horrific crimes came to light.”

“I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” he said in the statement. “I am terribly sorry for having any association with either of them.”

Wasserman added in the statement that it is “well documented” that he was on Epstein’s plane for a trip with the Clinton Foundation, for which he is a trustee.

UCLA Media Relations did not respond in time to a request for comment on Wasserman’s correspondence with Maxwell.

Earlier documents and the first release of files revealed over a decade of correspondence between Epstein and Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology at UCLA. Further documents detailing communications between Epstein and Tramo were published Friday.

[Related: UCLA professor Mark Tramo’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein raise mixed student reactions]

“These files were collected from five primary sources including the Florida and New York cases against Epstein, the New York case against Maxwell, the New York cases investigating Epstein’s death, the Florida case investigating a former butler of Epstein, Multiple FBI investigations, and the Office of Inspector General investigation into Epstein’s death,” the department said in a press release. “More than 500 attorneys and reviewers from the Department contributed to this effort.”