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Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph is scheduled to stand before the Ethics Adjudicatory Board on March 7 on the charge that she illegally accepted money from BP following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, according to a spokeswoman for the state Board of Ethics.


The Ethics Board one year ago filed the charge, citing state law that prohibits Randolph and other public officials from striking personal economic agreements with a person or entity that has a public financial relationship with the parish.


Randolph was in negotiations with the board’s attorneys to settle the charges, but no settlement has been reached. There are no more scheduled conferences before the public hearing; however, that doesn’t prevent Randolph from reaching out with an offer, Ethics Board communications director Alainna Giacone said.

“I would think at this point there’s probably not going to be any more negotiations, but like I said, they’re not barred from contacting us with another offer,” Giacone said.


Randolph and her husband George, doing business as Randolph Publications LLC, allegedly received $50,000 from BP for the rental of their Grand Isle camp between June 18 and Oct. 23, 2010.

As a representative of Lafourche Parish Government, Randolph entered into a written agreement to accept $1 million in oil-spill recovery funds from BP on May 11, 2010, according to the charge.

Randolph said after the charges were filed that she “self-reported this alleged violation on October 21, (2011)” via email. Since that correspondence, she has declined to comment on the charge.

If convicted, the parish president could be ordered to forfeit ill-gotten $50,000 and would be subject to a fine up to half that amount, which is $25,000.

Charlotte Randolph