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,

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

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,