A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday.

The indictment is the culmination of a long-running federal corruption investigation into Cantrell, the first female mayor in the city’s 300-year history.

Latoya Cantrell indicted

What we know:

Cantrell’s lawyer, Eddie Castaing, confirmed to The Associated Press that an indictment was returned. He said her name was read aloud by a federal magistrate judge as a defendant.

WWL reports that the federal investigation began in early 2024 and led to the indictment of a building inspector who allegedly conspired to bribe Cantrell with roughly $9,000 in gifts in 2019.

Cantrell's former bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, was also indicted in 2024. He's accused of having an extramarital affair with Cantrell and using his rela

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