Brett Favre knows he is being sued for the exact thing that Sharpe and McAfee are discussing.
He also has to know that this just isn’t hearsay because there is a lot of evidence that shows that Favre knew precisely what he was doing.
Instead of just owning up to it, Favre has decided to sue people for reporting the news.
Brett Favre is suing ex-NFL players and current media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee, as well as Mississippi Auditor Shad White, for ‘defamatory allegations’ made over the Packers legend’s involvement in a $77 million welfare fraud scheme, DailyMail.com has learned.
‘Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee tried to further their careers by making baseless defamatory allegations against Brett Favre,’ a spokesperson for the 53-year-old told DailyMail.com.
Sharpe, a Hall of Fame tight end with the Broncos and Ravens, called Favre a ‘sleazeball’ on his FS1 show in September while accusing the retired quarterback of knowingly stealing $1.1 million in Mississippi welfare funds in exchange for speeches that he never made. McAfee, a former Colts punter who now hosts a popular SiriusXM podcast, accused Favre of ‘stealing from the poor people of Mississippi.’
In response to Thursday’s defamation lawsuit, White spokesman Fletcher Freeman issued a statement to DailyMail.com.
‘Everything Auditor White has said about this case is true and is backed by years of audit work by the professionals at the Office of the State Auditor,’ Fletcher wrote. ‘It’s mind-boggling that Mr. Favre wants to have a trial about that question.
‘Mr. Favre has called Auditor White and his team liars despite repaying some of the money our office demanded from him. He’s also claimed the auditors are liars despite clear documentary evidence showing he benefitted from misspent funds. Instead of paying New York litigators to try this case, he’d be better off fully repaying the amount of welfare funds he owes the state.’
I hope these guys to trial because who knows what else will come out.
Flip the page for the evidence against Favre.
