Brett Favre

(AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in ...

Fletcher Freeman, a spokesman for White, said in a statement: ”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. Previous filings in the state’s civil lawsuit show text message exchanges between Favre and others about directing money to the volleyball facility from a nonprofit organization that had Department of Human Services contracts. The volleyball facility was a pet project of the retired quarterback, and he pledged to lead fundraising efforts for it.

Favre yesterday sued Fox Sports' Shannon Sharpe and ESPN commentator and podcast host Pat McAfee for defamation. Favre is also suing Mississippi's State Auditor ...

Favre is accused of colluding with former Mississippi welfare officials to funnel welfare money to Southern Mississippi University, and he’s accused of taking some of that money for speeches he never gave. Favre is also suing Mississippi’s State Auditor. Brett Favre is suing over what a couple of sportscasters said about him and the Mississippi welfare fraud case he’s caught up in.

Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre hit Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee with a defamation lawsuit on Thursday.

Favre also attended the university. For that reason alone, along with the fact Favre is a public figure and is held to a different standard in defamation lawsuits, the cases against Sharpe and McAfee might have a difficult time standing up in court. McAfee, meanwhile, called Favre a "thief" on his show and echoed Sharpe in saying he was "stealing from poor people in Mississippi."

Amid his welfare fraud case, Brett Favre is retaliating against Shannon Sharpe, Pat McAfee, and Mississippi State Auditor Shad White.

[February 10, 2023] Brett Favre is taking from the underserved. You made $100+ million in the NFL!” [pic.twitter.com/ZIs7gna8gM] [pic.twitter.com/t9jsA05N3Y] [pic.twitter.com/oJ8eL0pqDh]

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has filed a lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe, Pat McAfee, and Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, ...

Favre has called Auditor White and his team liars despite repaying some of the money our office demanded from him. The auditor's office, however, claims that Favre still owes $228,000 in interest payments. The lawsuit also mentioned the things that former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee said about Favre on his show.

See what led former Southern Miss and NFL star Brett Favre to file defamation suits against Shannon Sharpe, Pat McAfee and auditor Shad White.

We know that the funding for that was a sham, and we know that he knows that too." McAfee is a former college football kicker and punter at West Virginia. Favre knew that TANF was the program that served as the source the money he was paid. Sharpe now works in sports media. In that interview, White said, "(We) know that Mr. A year later, White reversed course.

The complaints allege that both Sharpe and McAfee both made defamatory statements about Favre on their platforms.

Favre knew that TANF was the program that served as the source of the money he was paid.'” ](https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/13/phil-bryant-brett-favre-welfare/) The complaint filed against Sharpe alleges the Hall of Famer made “false and defamatory” statements about Favre on his Fox Sports show “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed,” including that Favre was a “sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low” and “taking from the underserved (in Mississippi).” A separate complaint filed against McAfee alleges that the former - The suits center around allegations that Favre received taxpayer money for speeches he did not give. [according to a Mississippi state audit report from May 2020](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/04/ms-welfare-scandal-audit-94-m-questionable-spending/3076949001/). Favre for his good faith effort to make this right and make the taxpayers and TANF families whole.

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, suing Pat McAfee, Shannon Sharpe and a state auditor.

The Associated Press sent an email to a representative of McAfee on Thursday, seeking comment. Fletcher Freeman, a spokesman for White said in a statement: “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. “He’s also claimed the auditors are liars despite clear documentary evidence showing he benefitted from misspent funds,” Freeman said. None of these national media outlets would have paid White the slightest attention had he not been attacking Favre.” White said Favre never showed up to give the speeches. Previous filings in the state’s civil lawsuit show

Brett Favre is suing Pat McAfee for defamation and Pat McAfee is already using that lawsuit for content on his show.

“There’s one word, I believe that was said, often, on this particular program if you were to watch at all and that would be ‘allegedly.’ Our job is to report the news,” McAfee said. And on Friday, McAfee also highlighted the show’s excessive use of the term “allegedly.” “For the information that we have currently, we have to mention, he tied the hands of poor people and took money right out of their pockets,” McAfee said during a November episode of his show. “So I looked at that and said, ‘that is hilarious!’ Of course we’re not doing that.” Brett Favre’s suing me in a defamation lawsuit, saying I defamed his name to try to earn a profit.” [Favre’s](https://awfulannouncing.com/tag/brett-favre) alleged involvement in the [Mississippi Welfare Case](https://thecomeback.com/nfl/brett-favre-texts-mississippi-volleyball-welfare-funds.html) has been widely reported, with the former quarterback being accused of improperly receiving and misallocating funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

By Jamiel Lynch, Dianne Gallagher and Mallika Kallingal, CNN. (CNN) -- In newly filed lawsuits, former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre says that ...

Favre has called Auditor White and his team liars despite repaying some of the money our office demanded from him. "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. "We take a lot of pride in our work. "And a lot of people are wondering how my lawyers are going to handle this. Portions of the money were to be used to build a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi, Favre's alma mater, as well as $1.1 million paid to the former quarterback for a public service announcement campaign, according to investigators. But the auditor's office maintains Favre still owes $228,000 in interest payments.

Brett Favre is dragging Pat McAfee and Shannon Sharpe to court ... suing the ultra-popular sports analysts after he says they made comments about him that ...

Sharpe, meanwhile, has yet to comment on it all. actually went elsewhere -- including to Favre as well as projects closely associated with the Hall of Famer. insisting back in September, "I have done nothing wrong." suing the ultra-popular sports analysts after he says they made comments about him that were false and defamatory. [Dave Chappelle](https://www.tmz.com/people/dave-chappelle/) GIF in response to the suits. [Brett Favre](https://www.tmz.com/people/brett-favre/) is dragging [Pat McAfee](https://www.tmz.com/people/pat-mcafee/) and [Shannon Sharpe](https://www.tmz.com/people/shannon-sharpe/) to court ...

Abogados del ex quarterback de la NFL afirman que Brett Favre nunca supo que los fondos que recibió para dar discursos, que no pronunció, provenían de ...

En lugar de pagar a litigantes del estado de New York para trabajar este caso, le convendría más pagar la totalidad de los fondos de beneficencia que todavía debe al estado". Alegatos similares se hicieron en la demanda interpuesta por Favre en contra del ex pateador de despeje de la NFL y actual comentarista deportivo, McAfee. Favre sabía" que el dinero aportado para los discursos o para su alma mater provenían del TANF. Favre ha llamado al auditor White y a su equipo mentirosos, a pesar de que pagó parte del dinero que nuestra oficina exigió de él", expuso Freeman este jueves. La fundación atlética en la University of Southern Mississippi, alma mater de Favre, también recibió 5 millones de dólares en fondos del TANF, de acuerdo a la auditoría estatal. Favre eventualmente pagó de regreso el dinero, pero el auditor estatal demando a Favre el pago adicional de 228,000 dólares por concepto de intereses.

(AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in ...

Fletcher Freeman, a spokesman for White, said in a statement: ”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. Previous filings in the state’s civil lawsuit show text message exchanges between Favre and others about directing money to the volleyball facility from a nonprofit organization that had Department of Human Services contracts. The volleyball facility was a pet project of the retired quarterback, and he pledged to lead fundraising efforts for it. None of these national media outlets would have paid White the slightest attention had he not been attacking Favre.” [Favre has repaid $1.1 million](https://apnews.com/article/college-football-nfl-entertainment-sports-384b1d6e9bfcf88a22b58f4a73c7f34d) he received for speaking fees from a nonprofit group that spent TANF money with approval from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. [Mississippi welfare scandal](https://apnews.com/article/politics-mississippi-state-government-jobs-and-careers-scandals-79be4e8ed08d119a2b05da9441c5d8ea), but he is among more than three dozen people or businesses the state is suing to try to recover misspent money through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

The suits, filed Thursday, allege that McAfee and Sharpe each used the media to further false accusations and implications regarding Favre, who has denied that ...

Three months after the state department sued Favre for his alleged role in misspending welfare money, the Hall of Famer has filed defamation lawsuits against [Pat McAfee](/nfl/players/1674129/pat-mcafee/) and Shannon Sharpe, [according to Mississippi's 16 WAPT](https://www.wapt.com/article/retired-nfl-star-brett-favre-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-state-auditor-and-two-former-nfl-players/42818175#). White has previously alleged that Favre requested the Mississippi Department of Human Resources allocate money from its welfare fund to construct a new indoor practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi University football team. [accused of extensive wrongdoing](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brett-favre-scandal-explained-ex-nfl-qb-is-accused-of-misusing-of-mississippi-state-welfare-funds/) by the Mississippi Department of Human Resources.

Former USM and NFL quarterback Brett Favre has filed a motion to dismiss the state's lawsuit against him, a day after filing three defamation suits.

McAfee is a former college football kicker and punter at West Virginia. "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. Favre has called Auditor White and his team liars despite repaying some of the money our office demanded from him. [Shannon Sharpe, Pat McAfee and the Brett Favre lawsuits: What they said](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2023/02/10/why-brett-favre-is-suing-shannon-sharpe-pat-mcafee-and-ms-auditor-shad-white/69891887007/) [Brett Favre files defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe, Pat McAfee and Shad White](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2023/02/09/brett-favre-files-defamation-lawsuits-against-mississippi-state-auditor-shad-white-and-commentators/69890331007/) [ Favre in a civil case](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/09/27/brett-favre-and-the-mississippi-welfare-scandal-what-we-know/69521769007/) that seeks to recover misspent welfare money.

"I've had lawyers reach out to me and tell me how big of a joke this whole thing is," McAfee said.

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre filed three defamation lawsuits against sports media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee, ...

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre filed three defamation lawsuits against sports media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee, as well as Mississippi ...

Brett Favre's lawyers filed papers Friday again asking a Mississippi judge to dismiss the retired NFL quarterback from a lawsuit that demands repayment of ...

Previous filings in the state's civil lawsuit show text message exchanges between Favre and others about directing money to the volleyball facility from a nonprofit organization that had Department of Human Services contracts. In the lawsuit against McAfee, Favre said McAfee had used "outrageous falsehoods" that included calling Favre a "thief" who was "stealing from poor people in Mississippi." The volleyball arena was a pet project of the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and he pledged to lead fundraising efforts for it. He has repaid $1.1 million he received for speaking fees from a nonprofit group that spent TANF money with approval from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. Fletcher Freeman, a spokesperson for White, responded that White has spoken truthfully about the case with statements that are backed by years of work by professionals in the auditor's office. The Mississippi Department of Human Services last year sued Favre and more than three dozen other people or businesses.

Brett Favre, in a new filing to dismiss a lawsuit against him, said former Gov. Phil Bryant knew that welfare funding was behind the scrutinized Southern ...

“Nancy New was well connected with numerous Mississippi officials, including Davis and then-Governor Bryant, and close friends with Governor Bryant’s wife Deborah Bryant,” the motion reads. Tate Reeves in the funding structure that allowed for federal grants intended to alleviate poverty to flow unchecked through the nonprofit of their politically connected friend. Several more were expected to file by the end of the evening. The Governor was aware of the source of the funding and supported it. “And, even if Favre knew that Prevacus received public funding, he would have had no reason to suspect that there was anything improper about it—state governments routinely give financial benefits to private businesses to entice them to do business within their states—precisely what is alleged as to Prevacus.” Nancy New’s son Zach New, a nonprofit employee, pleaded guilty to defrauding the government for his role in the volleyball sham lease agreement.

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre made further waves in the Mississippi welfare scandal this week, filing paperwork to have the lawsuit filed against him ...

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