[2][3] Cutajar also resigned from the Labour Party following the leaking of intimate chat transcripts between her and businessman Yorgen Fenech.

On the 14th of February the Times of Malta alleged that Cutajar took a €9,000 cut from a €40,000 in cash given to her by Yorgen Fenech as part of a 2019 property deal.

Standards Commissioner George Hyzler had evaluated a complaint about Cutajar's conduct after Times of Malta alleged she was being chased by the seller to repay a €46,500 brokerage fee.

[17] On 21 February 2021, the Times of Malta further alleged that Cutajar had solicited Yorgen Fenech's help for a political survey in her district in 2019.

The alleged exchange came just a few weeks before Cutajar criticised a reference to 17 Black (Fenech's company) in a report[19] drawn up by Dutch MP Pieter Omtzigt on journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's death during a Council of Europe sitting, and 5 months before Fenech was arrested for the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

This after the author Mark Camilleri released transcripts of 2,200 chats[22] between herself and Yorgen Fenech, who is awaiting trial for alleged involvement in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The chats revealed an intimate relationship between the pair at a time when Cutajar was publicly dismissing calls to investigate suspected corruption linked to Fenech.