A source tells WDSU divorce documents allege Mayor LaToya Cantrell was having an extra-marital affair with a member of her security detail, NOPD Officer Jeffrey Vappie.The documents say the “petitioner desires a judgment of divorce from the defendant because of the defendant’s continuous acts of adultery.” The documents go on to allege Vappie’s wife became aware of an inappropriate in November 2022. They go on to allege there was an “affair with a person identified as Mrs. L.C.” It is alleged that “Vappie has been in an ongoing sexual relationship with Mrs. L.C. since approximately May 2021.”An investigation was launched into Vappie’s time on the clock with NOPD. Vappie was taken off Cantrell’s security team and reassigned.We reached out to Cantrell’s office about these allegations. Their response was, “no comment.”
A source tells WDSU divorce documents allege Mayor LaToya Cantrell was having an extra-marital affair with a member of her security detail, NOPD Officer Jeffrey Vappie.
The documents say the “petitioner desires a judgment of divorce from the defendant because of the defendant’s continuous acts of adultery.” The documents go on to allege Vappie’s wife became aware of an inappropriate in November 2022. They go on to allege there was an “affair with a person identified as Mrs. L.C.” It is alleged that “Vappie has been in an ongoing sexual relationship with Mrs. L.C. since approximately May 2021.”
An investigation was launched into Vappie’s time on the clock with NOPD. Vappie was taken off Cantrell’s security team and reassigned.
We reached out to Cantrell’s office about these allegations. Their response was, “no comment.”