NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans woman once accused of stalking by Mayor LaToya Cantrell turned the tables Friday with a $1 million-plus federal lawsuit accusing Cantrell, her chief of staff and eight members of the city police department of civil rights violations and defamation. It also claims Cantrell’s chief of staff and members of the police department improperly accessed …
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s lawsuit seeking a protective order against a French Quarter resident who photographed her having dinner with her police bodyguard was tossed out Tuesday by a Louisiana judge. But New Orleans news outlets report that District Judge Bernadette D’Souza rejected the suit at a morning hearing, which Cantrell did not attend. Cantrell filed …