Sabrina Carpenter Jokes She 'Got the Mayor Indicted' amid Eric Adams Scandal — Which Has Unexpected Link to the Pop Star

A Brooklyn priest who was demoted after Sabrina Carpenter filmed a risqué music video in his church last year is in the news once more — and the pop star has weighed in.

Jamie Gigantiello was reportedly relieved of his administrative duties at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in November 2023 after Carpenter, 25, filmed a raunchy music video for her song “Feather” at his church. And in light of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' indictment, questions have arisen over Gigantiello's alleged entanglement with one of Adams’ closest associates.

At her concert in New York City's Madison Square on Sunday, Sept. 29, Carpenter dipped her toe into the discourse.

"What should we talk about... how I got the mayor indicted?" she quipped from the stage.

In recent weeks, federal investigators have issued a subpoena to the church seeking information about financial or business dealings between Gigantiello and Frank Carone, Adams’ former chief of staff, according to the New York Post and NBC New York.

Adams was charged on Sept. 25. with five criminal counts relating to his alleged ties with foreign businessmen and a Turkish official who sought to influence his decision-making. Carone resigned as the mayor’s chief of staff in 2022 to run a consulting firm, but is now chairing Adams’ reelection campaign, the Post reported.

“The Diocese is fully committed to cooperating with law enforcement in all investigations, including conduct at individual parishes or involving any priests,” a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Diocese told the outlets.

Outlets including Politico have suggested that the latter part of the Brooklyn Diocese's statement refers to the "Feather" video causing a domino effect that ultimately led to an investigation into Gigantiello, described as having a taste for flashy accessories such as a large Rolex, and then into Adams' ultimate indictment.

Meanwhile, defense attorney Arthur Aidala told the Post that Gigantiello “is not the target of any federal, state or city investigation.”

The monsignor first made headlines last year after Carpenter filmed her “Feather” music video, a horror-inspired clip that sees the star on a killing spree to off boys who have wronged her, in his Williamsburg church (The star has said her team got permission to film).

At the time, the music video ruffled feathers, with the Diocese of Brooklyn reportedly saying in a statement he was “appalled at what was filmed.”

In response, the parish said that the production company that made the video “failed to accurately represent the video content.”

Gigantiello was demoted in the aftermath, and at the time, he said in a statement that he’d allowed the video because he wanted to “strengthen the bonds between the young creative artists who make up a large part of this community and the parish.”

He said he and the parish staff “were not aware that anything provocative was occurring in the church.”

Adams, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty in court on Sept. 27, according to the Associated Press.

He is charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery and receiving campaign contributions by foreign nationals; as well as one count of bribery, one count of wire fraud, and two counts of soliciting a contribution by a foreign national.

“The conduct alleged in the indictment — the foreign money, the corporate money, the bribery, the years of concealment — is a grave breach of public trust,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams after the charges were revealed on Thursday, Sept. 26.