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,

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

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,