Mayor LaToya Cantrell is indicted
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A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday after a long corruption investigation. Cantrell’s lawyer, Eddie Castaing, confirmed to The Associated Press that an indictment was returned,
It’s irritating for her and her supporters, but that’s the best strategy for her from a legal standpoint,” WWL Louisiana Political Analyst Clancy DuBos said.
The mayor of New Orleans had been treating her bodyguard to trips on the taxpayers’ dime during their years-long affair, a new federal grand jury indictment alleges. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on Friday resulting from a corruption investigation.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will continue charging the city’s school system millions of dollars in processing fees for collecting taxes that fund schools in defiance of a law prohibiting the practice,