The video Gusman sent appears to have been posted by Zeton on Facebook on May 30. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 8:07 PM CDT July 16, 2021 Updated: 11:21 PM CDT July 16, 2021
NEW ORLEANS As he begins his re-election campaign, Sheriff Marlin Gusman wants to correct the record from a WWL-TV report on June 3. A video he sent to the TV station shows he never said anything in support of convicted felon Irvin Mayfield.
The story was about Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who was caught on video May 29, urging a crowd at the Magnolia Mansion to support Mayfield, even as Mayfield and his longtime partner owe more than $1 million in restitution for money they transferred from the city’s public library charity to their jazz orchestra, to lavish trips for Mayfield and into their own pockets.
Mayor Cantrell calls Irvin Mayfield a true son of the city as musician awaits sentencing in library fraud case
Mayfield and partner now seek to pay $1.1 million in restitution into a court account, in accordance with their plea agreement, prior to their sentencing. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 6:40 PM CDT June 3, 2021 Updated: 6:56 PM CDT June 3, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Even as they prepare to pay $1.1 million in restitution for illegally transferring money from the city’s public library charity to their jazz orchestra, musicians Irvin Mayfield and Ronald Markham are getting support from top local officials.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, whose administration runs the library system, and Sheriff Marlin Gusman, the top elected law enforcement official in the city, both stood in front of a crowd at the Magnolia Mansion during a sold-out Mayfield performance Saturday and extolled the Grammy winner.
FBI Raids Hotel of GOP and Dem Donor Fouad Zeton Who Blames Dirty People
On 6/3/21 at 11:08 AM EDT
The FBI have raided a hotel owned by a well-known Louisiana businessman who has donated to both Democrats and Republicans.
FBI agents and other federal authorities executed warrants at the Magnolia Mansion Hotel at 2127 Prytania Street in New Orleans on Wednesday.
Several large packages were seen being removed from the property, which is owned by former boxer Fouad Zeton.
It is unclear why the FBI were carrying out a raid at Zeton s hotel. The agents were reported to have spent about three hours at the property.
WDSU Investigates was at the Magnolia Mansion on Prytania Street as the FBI removed several large packages from the property, which is owned by Fouad Zeton.