Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to bar most contact between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her former police bodyguard as they await criminal trial , arguing that without the additional bond conditions, the sitting mayor and her alleged paramour might continue "colluding" against the government.

Prosecutors' Oct. 15 filing does not detail any instances in which Cantrell and her former New Orleans Police Department bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, are accused of interacting since their Aug. 15 indictment on wire fraud, conspiracy and other corruption charges.

Both Cantrell and Vappie pleaded not guilty and remain free on bond.

In recent months, "evidence of their individual and collective obstructive efforts has grown in scope and scale," wrote Jordan Ginsberg, an Assistant U.S.

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