NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Federal magistrate Judge Donna Phillips heard arguments from prosecutors and Former New Orleans police officer Jeffrey Vappie's attorney in a request to allow him to have contact with Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

This comes a day after Cantrell filed a separate motion to get permission from a judge to update her bond conditions to allow her to speak with Vappie without an attorney present.

Both were recently indicted for being in an alleged romantic relationship.

Ahead of the court hearing, the mayor’s attorney, Eddie Castaing, was present. He says it's Cantrell's constitutional right to be able to speak to Vappie.

In court, Vappie's attorney, Harry Rosenberg, argued that the superseding indictment does not constitute a change in bond conditions.

The court has granted t

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