New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is facing intensifying scrutiny as allegations of misusing taxpayer funds and engaging in an extramarital affair with NOPD Officer Jeffrey Vappie emerge.
The FBI has initiated an investigation, with a focus on the city-owned Upper Pontalba apartment, where the two were allegedly seen together during Vappie’s off-duty hours.
Sources with knowledge of the FBI’s inquiry claim that federal agents are probing Cantrell and Vappie’s relationship and the time spent in the city-owned apartment.
The New Orleans City Council has reacted by prohibiting Cantrell and future mayors from using the apartment.
Vappie’s wife filed for divorce amidst reports of her husband’s potential infidelity with the mayor, with sightings of them partying together in Los Angeles and even Scotland.
In court documents, according to reports sighted by ShineMyCrown.Com, Vappie’s wife mentioned that he admitted to an affair with a “Mrs. L.C.,” widely believed to be Cantrell.
Both parties have denied any wrongdoing, insisting their connection is strictly professional.