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Big Lee

I saw the scene on my drive home from work before I knew what happened. I’ll never again drive down Bonnabel without thinking about it. The story has all the elements:

*LSU super fan
*Tow truck driver with a shitty reputation
*Angry neighbor who had enough
*Water hose vs gun
*LSU casket
*Inspired TD usernames

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Federal prosecutors have lodged new evidence in their fraud case against former New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her alleged paramour, Jeffrey Vappie, asserting Cantrell misspent thousands in campaign funds on personal expenses and that both withheld evidence.

The new court filings adds no new charges to the 18-count superseding indictment that prosecutors unleashed last August charging the pair with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.

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But as evidence of the charged scheme, prosecutors aim to introduce allegations that Vappie, now a retired New Orleans police officer and Cantrell’s former bodyguard, gifted a pair of gold rings to the mayor and then conspired to hide them. One of the rings was emblazoned with the NOPD logo.

The filing also alleges that Cantrell misspent roughly $270,000 beginning in 2020 from her campaign account, doling out more than $10,000 on alcohol and nearly $260,000 more on personal clothing through an “image consultant” paid in part through her campaign account.

U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter will decide whether to admit the new evidence.

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The purchases in July, for example, included 12 bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne and 24 bottles of Urban South Brewing Holy Roller IPA that totaled more than $800.

Cantrell characterized the transactions as “food and beverage for supporters and donors” on her state financial disclosures in February 2021, court documents show, but no in-person campaign events had been scheduled during that time period.

The transactions continued that year despite concerns from an “Associate A” as the city staffer was called in court documents, who warned the purchases didn’t qualify under state campaign finance laws.

“What has changed is that campaign spending is being done in a vacuum and then months later I am given receipts for things like hotel upgrades, flight first class upgrades, $500 bottles of wine. Not sure how any of these qualify,” Associate A told Cantrell in a 2022 text message exchange, according to the filing.

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In a text thread with the associate the following day, Cantrell said she wanted to ensure the money she raised “is also accommodating me while I am doing this job. Comfort is not a luxury and I am not taking advantage,” she said.

Associate A’s warnings came months before the same staffer warned Cantrell that using public funds for her personal travel with Vappie was illegal.

“Last time you were buying like 1k in champaign a month and we weren’t able to have in person anything," the associate wrote in another text included in court filings. "And I didn’t know until way after."

Payments Cantrell made to her clothing stylist between 2017 and 2022 were also paid with campaign dollars, prosecutors allege. The total amounted to $259,559 paid through Cantrell’s campaign account compared to $27,464 paid with her personal money

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NOLA.com Article

I would love to see Wendy Vitter live in action with Latoya in the courtroom. How does one go about attending such an event?

Try the JF forums. They have people listing Grand Marshall tix for sale. So it’s doable.

Jazz Fest Forums

I think there’s just one Alex. Sinatra would take an underground train to get to it. When she was there she told them they were far enough away to not be damaged by the reactor.

They definitely showed the shower empty with no Jane in it. Either the person being interviewed straight up lied about her being dead, or it was technically not a lie if there’s some sort of time travel involved.

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Really interested to see where the go with the time travel stuff and Link/Sinatra angle. Didn't see that coming at all

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There are a lot of Nintendo references in this series. Link from Zelda, Jane being obsessed with the Wii and then Sinatra giving her another Nintendo gaming system later on. I assume it’s relevant other than just being a paid product placement?

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One of the main slammers testified this week that he did it because it was less risky than selling drugs. Like it’s a binary choice

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No other options, huh? I guess slamming seemed safer until dude got popped on his mom’s porch.

Speaking off, are there any charges for that witness being murdered? Or are they so far unable to prove who’s responsible?

So the slammer would have someone else hop in the drivers seat? Sneaky. Probably more feasible in Orleans Parish where the police response time is so long.

I’ve had the same car insurance company for 15 years, but not being in the industry I had no idea if that information was shared or not.

Is it any easier to catch these slammers today than it was when they first started this scam? Are people still doing this?

If one person is involved in multiple different accidents, is there a flag thrown at some point by law enforcement? For example, if a person gets in a wreck and there’s a police report, then switches insurance companies and is involved in another wreck, does the new insurance company have access to the persons prior history?

This whole thing is fascinating.

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The HBO documentary about this is going to be something

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I’d like an in-depth podcast and 2 competing documentaries. All produced locally. Can’t wait.

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She’s such an attention whore. She’s barely divorced and starts dating the guy in the video. She goes over to her moms and tells her that she’s dating the guy. Her mom tells she should slow down because she just got divorced. She tells her mom oh that reminds me I have to take a pregnancy test tonight. The mom gets pissed off and walks off.

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That's Borderline Personality Disorder behavior. She needs to get off of television and social media and get into treatment.

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White chick board baw

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Yep. Dragging my husband with me too. I love ZB's music and I'm only slightly ashamed to admit it.