Mississippi Sues Brett Favre, Tries to Recoup Welfare Money

The Old Gunslinger is feeling some pressure.

This week the Mississippi Department of Human Services sued former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre over misspent welfare money. Some other notable names include Brett DiBiase, Ted DiBiase Sr, and Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr. Mississippi is seeking $228,000 in interest on the $1.1 million Favre was paid for speaking arrangements.

Favre never showed up for the speeches but kept the money he was paid. Favre has reportedly since paid back the initial $1.1 million.

Via AP News:

“White said Favre was paid for speeches but did not show up. Favre has repaid the money, but White said in October that Favre still owed $228,000 in interest. In a Facebook post when he repaid the first $500,000, Favre said he did not know the money he received came from welfare funds. He also said his charity had provided millions of dollars to poor children in Mississippi and Wisconsin.

Months ago, the auditor’s office turned over the demands for repayment of misspent welfare money to the Mississippi attorney general’s office for enforcement. White said in a statement Monday that he knew the attorney general’s office eventually would file suit.

“I applaud the team filing this suit and am grateful the state is taking another step toward justice for the taxpayers,” White said. “We will continue to work alongside our federal partners — who have been given access to all our evidence for more than two years — to make sure the case is fully investigated.”

Brett Favre is being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services along with several other people and businesses in an attempt to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars that were intended to help some of the poorest people in the nation. https://t.co/Bej0K8ffQU

— AP NFL (@AP_NFL) May 9, 2022

The Associated Press on Monday called a number once listed for Favre Enterprises and a recording said it was no longer in service.

If I’m Favre I’m wiring the state of Mississippi that interest owed ASAP. You don’t need to be in the news for this kind of thing.

Not a good look.

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