LaToya Cantrell
New
Orleans Mayor Indicted Over Allegations of Hiding Relationship (Connecting the Dots: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, The
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Hurricane Katrina & Soros Funding, All
Networking)
Newsmax.com
Friday,
15 August 2025 04:35 PM EDT
NEW
ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya
Cantrell was
indicted Friday on federal conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction charges based on
accusations that she tried to conceal a romantic relationship with her
bodyguard, who was paid as if he were working even when they met alone in
apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tastings.
The
indictment is the culmination of a long-running federal investigation of the
first female mayor in the city's 300-year history.
Her
former bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, has pleaded not guilty following his
indictment on charges of wire fraud and making false statements. He is accused
of hiding a romantic relationship with Cantrell, 53, and filing false payroll
records asserting that he was on duty.
Vappie,
52, a former New Orleans police
officer who retired from the department last year, is scheduled to stand trial
in January.
Federal
prosecutors have accused Vappie and Cantrell of exchanging encrypted messages
through an app to avoid detection and then deleting the conversations. The
mayor and Vappie have said their relationship is strictly professional.
Acting
U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson called it a "three-year fraud scheme that we
allege exploited their public authority and positions."
They
met in an apartment while Vappie claimed to be on duty, and she arranged for
Vappie to attend 14 trips, Simpson said. The trips were described by her as
times "when they were truly alone," he said.
In
2021, "Cantrell and Vappie developed a personal and intimate relationship.
To hide their relationship and to maximize their time together, Cantrell and
Vappie exploited their public positions to develop and implement a scheme to
defraud" the city, the indictment states.
Simpson
said Cantrell lied in an affidavit that she activated a function on her phone
that automatically deleted messages in 2021 when she really didn't active that
feature until December 2022, one month after the media began speculating on the
pair's conduct.
When a
private citizen took photos of the pair eating together and drinking wine,
Cantrell filed a police report and sought a restraining order against the
citizen, he said.
The
mayor's office didn't immediately respond to a phone message or email from The
Associated Press seeking comment.
Cantrell,
who is term-limited, will leave office in January. The Democrat has clashed
with City Council members during a turbulent second term and survived a recall
effort in 2022.
"This
is a sad day for the people of New Orleans," said Monet Brignac, a
spokesperson for City Council President JP Morrell. "Our thoughts and
prayers are with the Cantrell family as they navigate through this difficult
time."
Cantrell
hasn't sent out a message on her official feed on X since July 15, when she
said the city was experiencing historic declines in crime.
As she
heads into her final months in office, Cantrell has alienated former confidants
and supporters, and her civic profile has receded. Her early achievements were
eclipsed by self-inflicted wounds and bitter feuds with a hostile City Council,
political observers say.
The
mayor's role has been weakened through voter-approved changes to the city's
charter meant to curb her authority.
Cantrell
and her remaining allies allege that she's been unfairly targeted as a Black
woman and held to a different standard than male officials, her executive
powers sabotaged. Earlier this year, Cantrell said she has faced "very
disrespectful, insulting, in some cases kind of unimaginable" treatment.
—-
Hollingsworth
reported from Mission, Kansas.
Mayor
LaToya Cantrell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaToya_Cantrell#Broadmoor_neighborhood_work
Broadmoor
neighborhood work
She served as a founding board member of the
Broadmoor Development Corporation, a community development
corporation that provided case management and other social
services for returning residents.[10] She was involved with residents' efforts to
reopen Broadmoor's Rosa F. Keller
Library, which won a $2 million grant from the Carnegie Endowment.
Connecting
the Dots:
LaToya Cantrell
is the New Orleans
Mayor and she was involved with residents' efforts to reopen
Broadmoor's Rosa F. Keller Library, which
won a $2 million grant from the Carnegie Endowment.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
William J. Clinton
is the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation
and was a spokesman for the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
Thomas F.
McLarty III was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation and a director at the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
Bush-Clinton
Katrina Fund raised funds to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Thad W. Allen oversaw
the emergency response for Hurricane Katrina and was a senior
fellow at the RAND Corporation (think tank).
Kenneth R.
Feinberg is a trustee at the RAND Corporation (think tank)
and a director at Human Rights First.
William D. Zabel is
the chair for Human Rights First and was George Soros’s divorce
lawyer.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human
Rights First, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human
Rights First and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
LaToya Cantrell
was involved with
residents' efforts to reopen Broadmoor's Rosa F. Keller Library, which
won a $2 million grant from the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and is
the New Orleans Mayor.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was
a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ronald L. Olson is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a
director at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and a trustee at the RAND
Corporation.
Thad W. Allen was
a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation (think tank)
and oversaw the emergency response for Hurricane Katrina.
Bush-Clinton
Katrina Fund raised funds to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
William J. Clinton
was a spokesman for the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and is the founder of
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Thomas F. McLarty III was a director at the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
LaToya Cantrell
was involved with
residents' efforts to reopen Broadmoor's Rosa F. Keller Library, which
won a $2 million grant from the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and is
the New Orleans Mayor.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica
Tuchman Mathews was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
chairman & CEO for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Ronald L. Olson is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a
director at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and a trustee at the RAND
Corporation.
Thad W. Allen was
a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation (think tank)
and oversaw the emergency response for Hurricane Katrina.
Kenneth R.
Feinberg is a trustee at the RAND Corporation (think tank)
and a director at Human Rights First.
William D. Zabel is
the chair for Human Rights First and was George Soros’s divorce
lawyer.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human
Rights First, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human
Rights First and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
LaToya Cantrell
was involved with
residents' efforts to reopen Broadmoor's Rosa F. Keller Library, which
won a $2 million grant from the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and is
the New Orleans Mayor.
Resources:
Past Research
Hidden
Agenda Norman Dodd 1 of 6 (Past
Research on the Carnegie Endowment)
Saturday,
January 21, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/01/hidden-agenda-norman-dodd-1-of-6.html
John
Podesta Trends on Facebook After Peter Schweizer’s Russia Revelation (Past Research on the Carnegie Endowment)
Tuesday,
August 2, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/08/john-podesta-trends-on-facebook-after.html
A
Decade Later, Remember New Orleans … Gun Confiscation Can (and Has) Happened in
America (Past Research on the Bush-Clinton Katrina
Fund)
Saturday,
October 10, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-decade-later-remember-new-orleans-gun.html
The
Flint Water Crisis Is the Result of a Stimulus Project Gone Wrong (Past Research on the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund)
Monday,
January 25, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-flint-water-crisis-is-result-of.html
A
Decade Later, Remember New Orleans … Gun Confiscation Can (and Has) Happened in
America (Past Research on Hurricane Katrina &
the RAND Corporation)
Saturday,
October 10, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-decade-later-remember-new-orleans-gun.html
UPDATE:
John Bolton: ‘If I Were Going to Pick a Day for the Next Terrorist Attack … It
Would Be the Fourth of July’ (Past Research on Kenneth
R. Feinberg)
Saturday,
July 2, 2016
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