An investigative report by The New York Times and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today, published in today’s edition of The Dispatch, found that during his 11 years in office, Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott has repeatedly been accused of using the power of his position to harass women, coerce them into sex and retaliate against those who criticize him or allege abuse.
In 2012, three months after Eddie Scott became sheriff of Clay County, Miss., a claim by a woman he had helped put behind bars threatened to tarnish his earliest days in office.