NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday in what prosecutors called a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who is accused of being paid as if he was working even when they met alone in apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tasting.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell became the first New Orleans mayor to ever be federally indicted while serving her term in City Hall. Why it matters: Cantrell becomes part of a notorious history of Louisiana politicians who have faced criminal charges from their time in office,

A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her former bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, on Friday after a multiyear corruption investigation into the Louisiana Democrat. Cantrell, now the first sitting mayor to be indicted in the city’s history,