New York Attorney General Letitia James is again under fire — this time for a housing scandal — as reports reveal she’s been sheltering multiple criminal relatives at her Virginia homes, both of which have faced federal scrutiny.
According to court documents, James’ 21-year-old grand-niece, Cayla Thompson-Hairston — an OnlyFans model with a criminal record — was charged in April 2024 with lying on a gun purchase form in Suffolk, Virginia. She was “disqualified” from owning a firearm due to a 2020 felony charge of malicious wounding, though the case was later pleaded down to a misdemeanor.
Thompson-Hairston now lives in a James-owned home that was part of a Department of Justice criminal referral alleging the AG falsified mortgage documents. A second home, where Cayla’s aunt Nakia Thompson — a fugitive with a history of theft and larceny — resides, is also tied to an ongoing Letitia James housing scandal investigation.
Federal prosecutors accused James of “lying on her mortgage application” and using the “second home” designation to secure a better interest rate — a move they say netted her $19,000 in gains. James, who faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted, insists she did nothing wrong.
“That’s Letitia James,” said neighbor Jesse Middlebrook, adding, “I’ve never seen her here.”
Her attorney, Abbe Lowell — who also represents Hunter Biden — dismissed the charges as a politically motivated attack, calling them “a meritless, hypocritical salvo in President Trump’s revenge tour.”
Still, critics say the revelations expose troubling hypocrisy from New York’s top law enforcement officer, whose own homes are now at the center of federal criminal investigations.
