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Mayor LaToya Cantrell is now the second New Orleans mayor to face criminal charges, after a federal indictment landed Friday, and the first to do so while in office.

Although the pair have said their relationship was strictly professional, the indictment described it as “personal and intimate.”

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell is facing federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges after being indicted this week along with a former member of her security detail.

Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

The federal indictment unsealed Friday against Mayor LaToya Cantrell marks the first time a sitting New Orleans mayor has faced criminal charges in the city's history.

Prosecutors allege that in October 2021, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jeffrey Vappie, her bodyguard, developed a "personal, intimate relationship."

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday on conspiracy, fraud, obstruction charges in a probe into allegations that she tried to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard.

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