The lawyer who defended New Orleans resident Anne Breaud from Mayor LaToya Cantrell's stalking claims has questions about the mayor's actions.
Justin Schmidt, who represented Breaud, told WWL Scoot on the Air it is odd that the mayor decided to have lunch across the street from the balcony of a woman she had complained had been intruding on her personal life for years.
"Of the hundreds of restaurants that the mayor and Vappie could have gone to," Schmidt said, "they decided to choose the one that was 24 feet away from the one person that the mayor has suggested has been stalking her for the past two years."
"It's almost as if the mayor was taunting her to do this?" Scoot asked Schmidt. "It seems like the mayor was taunting Anne Breaud to take the pictures so then she could take action."
Now the mayor is facing a hefty legal bill as part of Breaud's counter-claim.
"Not only was she able to not prove her petition for a restraining order, but she was not able to defend Anne Breaud's claim, her anti-SLAPP suit, that statutorily requires the mayor to pay Anne Breaud's attorney's fees, which are in the five figures at this point," said Schmidt.
