Mayor LaToya Cantrell indicted
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is accused of criminal cover-up to keep affair with officer secret
Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.
Stephanie Grace, editorial director and columnist for The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, joined Louisiana Considered to break down the charges and discuss what lies ahead for the mayor.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted on federal charges connected to an alleged ‘intimate’ years-long relationship she had with a bodyguard, which prosecutors claim cost the city $70,000 in travel during domestic and international trips.
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