Prosecutors also accused Vappie and Cantrell of exchanging encrypted messages through WhatsApp to avoid detection and then deleting the conversations.

Months before New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was set to leave office because of term limits, she has been indicted in what prosecutors allege was a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relations...

In total, the city spent $70,000 to sent Vappie along with the mayor on her trips — which in some cases included visits to wine tastings — the prosecutors claimed.