Brett Favre was a great QB, but he is a bit of a sketchy person.
Late in his career and retirement, he has shown that he isn’t the greatest guy in the world and that the mythical status placed on him was just that, a myth.
The people in Mississippi don’t have clean water, but Favre is taking millions to put in his own pocket and helping his buddies build a volleyball court for his daughter to play in. Like Trump, he likely needs to be in jail, but that won’t even happen.
NFL legend Brett Favre was questioned by the FBI in a scandal of misappropriated welfare funds in Mississippi.
The state of Mississippi gave Favre $1.1 million in 2017 and 2018 to deliver speeches. Not only did the Hall of Fame quarterback not give them, but the money was drawn from federal welfare funds.
Consequently, Mississippi’s state auditor forced Favre to return the money, with interest. Favre has repaid the $1.1 million, but not the $228,000 interest as of yet.
Favre’s lawyer Bud Holmes told NBC News that Favre was questioned by the FBI in the case. The lawyer denied wrongdoing on Favre’s part, telling the outlet that Favre had no knowledge that the money he was paid had been diverted from money that was supposed to go to disadvantaged families. Favre has not been accused of committing a crime in the case.
Favre also lobbied for a multi-million dollar grant for a drug company in which he was the biggest shareholder, and $5 million for a new volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter was on the team and the elder Favre played football in college.
Text messages surfaced during the scandal that showed Favre asking an official from the drug company Prevacus, saying, “Don’t know if legal or not but we need cut him in.” The text message allegedly referred to former Mississippi governor Phil Bryant, and Favre sent a follow-up text saying “Also if legal I’ll give some of my shares to the Governor.”
He was caught in 4k with the text messages.
Favre needs to get off the couch and help those people get some clean water down there.
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