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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted on charges connected to an alleged “intimate” relationship with a bodyguard that prosecutors claim cost the city $70,000

Cantrell and the bodyguard are accused of having “embarked on a scheme to defraud” the city and its police department

Cantrell and Jeffrey Vappie’s “personal” relationship dated back to at least October 2021, the U.S. Attorney's Office said

The mayor of New Orleans has been indicted on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice after prosecutors claim she and a bodyguard attempted to hide an “intimate” relationship as the pair used public funds while “engaged in personal activities.”

Mayor LaToya Cantrell, 53, and Jeffrey Vappie, 52, were charged in a superseding indictment of 18 total counts, accordi

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