Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

A federal indictment alleged Mayor LaToya Cantrell spent $70,000 of taxpayer dollars to support a bombshell romantic relationship.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday in what prosecutors called a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who is accused of being paid as if he was working even when they met alone in apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tasting.