Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two sportscasters of defaming him in public discussions about the misspending of welfare money.
that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in one of the poorest states in the nation.
Brett Favre presents at the NFL Honors show at the YouTube Theater on Feb. 10, 2022, in Inglewood, California.Favre also filed separate lawsuits against former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe and former NFL punter Pat McAfee, both of whom are media personalities. Sharpe hosts the sports talk show"Skip and Shannon: Undisputed" on Fox Sports 1, while McAfee is an NFL analyst and hosts a popular podcast,"The Pat McAfee Show 2.0.
Favre 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. White, the state auditor, said Favre never showed up to give the speeches. The lawsuit Favre filed against the auditor Thursday accuses White of"shamelessly and falsely attacking Favre's good name" to gain attention for himself,"including appearances on television shows on CNN and HBO, a popular ESPN podcast, as well as interviews for print and online media. None of these national media outlets would have paid White the slightest attention had he not been attacking Favre.
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