Former New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell hasn’t spoken to Jeffrey Vappie in a year, lawyer says

Just over a year ago, former New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell was accused in a federal indictment of carrying on a whirlwind romance with her police bodyguard.

The two have not spoken since — at least not without attorneys present, Cantrell’s lawyer said Thursday.

“She has not communicated with her co-defendant outside the presence of counsel,” defense lawyer Eddie Castaing told federal magistrate Judge Michael B. North at an evidentiary hearing…

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