Hogsett struggles with more conflict-of-interest allegations inside his administration

INDIANAPOLIS — New reporting by the Indy Star and Mirror Indy this week confirmed rumors of a romantic relationship between ex-Deputy Mayor Thomas Cook and then-Metropolitan Development Director Scarlett Andrews that may have benefited developers Cook represented before Andrews and the Department of Metropolitan Development seeking tens of millions of dollars in city support and tax breaks.

”There is absolutely no indication that anything inappropriate was done,” Mayor Joe Hogsett told FOX59/CBS4.

It is now known that when Hogsett became aware in late 2020 that Cook had violated his order of years before to not engage in inappropriate relationships with women working for the city or his campaign, and that violation resulted in Cook being booted from the mayor’s administration, Hogsett wa