US Supreme Court won’t hear lawsuit tied to contentious 2014 Senate race in Mississippi

February 20, 2024

WXXV Staff,

Lawsiut — FILE - In this May 22, 2014 file photo, Mark Mayfield appears in court in Madison, Miss., during an initial appearance on a charge of conspiracy in relation to allegedly providing information to people who photographed the ailing wife of then-U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., without her permission at the nursing home where she had lived for 13 years. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider a dispute over a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mississippi lawyer who took his own life.

Mark Mayfield was arrested and accused of providing information to people who snuck into a nursing home and photographed the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in 2014.

Rose Cochran’s image appeared briefly online in a video that accused the now-deceased senator of having an affair. Cochran denied that accusation.

Mayfield died days after Cochran defeated state lawmaker Chris McDaniel in a Republican runoff. Mayfield’s family sued a mayor and others, saying they were part of a political network that drove him to suicide. The nation’s highest court announced its decision Tuesday.