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2 months, 4 weeks ago

How Brett Favre revealed his fears of brain disease years before Parkinson's diagnosis

Brett Favre's recent revelation that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease isn't the first time he shared his fears of traumatic brain injuries with the public. Brett Favre appears before the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill Favre grimaces in pain as he sits on the bench after being sacked by LaVar Arrington in 2002 Concussions have …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans Call Brett Favre As Expert Witness On Welfare Fraud

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre became one of the unlikeliest expert witnesses of all time on Tuesday when he testified about welfare fraud in a House committee hearing. The state of Mississippi accused Favre in 2022 of improperly receiving $1 million in funds from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, the federal program most …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. The former football star, 54, told the committee that he lost his investment in the company that he thought “was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others.” “As I’m sure you’ll understand, while it’s too late for me …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Brett Favre, testifying at welfare fraud hearing, reveals he has Parkinson’s

LA Times

Brett Favre, shown in 2016, told a House committee that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Testifying Tuesday before the House Ways and Means Committee, Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said in a prepared statement that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. A Mississippi state audit found that $5 million in TANF funds paid for the construction …

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3 months ago

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

The Independent

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3 months ago

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Associated Press

— Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, who has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in Mississippi, is scheduled to appear before a Republican-led congressional committee that’s examining how states are falling short on using welfare to help families in need. House Republicans have said a Mississippi welfare misspending scandal involving Favre and others …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mississippi ex-governor expected stake in firm that got welfare money, says woman convicted in fraud

Associated Press

— Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said at a party weeks before leaving office that he had been offered a financial stake in a company that received welfare money to try to develop a concussion drug and was connected to retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, according to a new court filing by a person convicted in a welfare misspending case. …

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10 months ago

Who has the power to sue Brett Favre over welfare money? 1 Mississippi Republican sues another

Associated Press

— Mississippi’s Republican attorney general sued the Republican state auditor Thursday, saying the auditor is trying to usurp her authority over recovering interest on misspent welfare money from retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre — money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s lawsuit says that filing litigation over improperly spent …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-NFL quarterback Favre must finish repaying misspent welfare money, Mississippi auditor says

Associated Press

— Mississippi’s state auditor filed court papers Monday renewing his call for Brett Favre to repay the state for welfare money that the auditor says was improperly spent on projects backed by the retired NFL quarterback. White said in 2020 that Favre had improperly received $1.1 million in speaking fees from a nonprofit organization that spent welfare with approval from …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Judge dismisses Brett Favre defamation suit, saying Shannon Sharpe used hyperbole over welfare money

Associated Press

— A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to a welfare misspending case in Mississippi. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled that Sharpe, a former tight end, was using “rhetorical hyperbole” in saying on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Man being sued over Mississippi welfare spending files his own suit against the governor

Associated Press

— One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Austin Garrett Smith filed the suit Wednesday and described himself in court papers as “politically powerless.” Smith’s suit says Reeves should sue Republican former Gov. “Reeves has actively shifted the focus of the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Brett Favre’s deposition in Mississippi’s welfare scandal is rescheduled for December

Associated Press

— The deposition in the civil lawsuit against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre surrounding Mississippi’s welfare scandal has been pushed back at the request of the athlete’s attorneys, a court document shows. Favre is set to answer questions under oath about misspending federal welfare money in Mississippi, where about $77 million in public funds intended to help some of the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case

Associated Press

— Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to fund pet projects he and other well-connected people supported. A notice of deposition filed Monday in Hinds County Circuit Court by attorneys for Mississippi’s Department …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Mississippi governor’s brother suggested that auditor praise Brett Favre during welfare scandal

Associated Press

— As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Screen shots of text messages released Thursday by Reeves’ re-election campaign show the governor’s brother, Todd Reeves, passing along a request from Favre to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White for a favorable statement about the retired star athlete. On the same day …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Brett Favre is accused of failing to turn over text messages in welfare fund investigation: Packers legend 'funneled $5m into a volleyball arena at his alma mater'

Daily Mail

Hall-of-Fame quarterback Brett Favre has been accused of not providing text messages to the Mississippi Department of Human Services as required as part of its welfare fund investigation. The MDHS's filing Monday claimed that Favre 'has failed to answer any of this discovery' related to his text messages in the alleged scheme where reportedly around $8million federal welfare funds were …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Mississippi Supreme Court won’t remove Favre from lawsuit over misspent welfare money

Associated Press

— The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove former NFL quarterback Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States. In their filing to the state Supreme Court, Favre’s attorneys argued that Department of Human …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Favre ends lawsuit after sportscaster McAfee apologizes over ‘stealing from poor’ remark

Associated Press

— Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending a lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized Thursday for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been “ stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending case. “As I confirmed in my court papers and I repeat here, my statements expressed in comedic style were based solely …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments

Associated Press

— Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant gave notice Wednesday that he will sue a news organization unless it apologizes for statements he said some of its employees made about him in connection to misspending of welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. A reporter for the nonprofit online publication, Mississippi Today, won …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Favre remains in Mississippi welfare lawsuit, judge rules

Associated Press

— Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the United States, a Mississippi judge ruled Monday. Circuit Judge Faye Peterson wrote that Favre’s attorneys made “unpersuasive and inapplicable” arguments in seeking …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Former wrestler charged in Mississippi welfare fraud case

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

A former pro wrestler is charged in Mississippi with welfare fraud

NPR

A former pro wrestler is charged in Mississippi with welfare fraud Enlarge this image toggle caption Rick Guy/The Clarion Ledger, via AP Rick Guy/The Clarion Ledger, via AP JACKSON, Miss. The indictment accuses him and co-conspirators, including former Mississippi Department of Human Services director John Davis, of fraudulently obtaining federal money and using it for their own benefit. DiBiase is …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Brett Favre's attorneys argue civil lawsuit against him should be DISMISSED

Daily Mail

Attorneys for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre argued in a new court filing Monday that a civil lawsuit against him seeking to recover misspent welfare money in Mississippi's largest ever corruption case should be should be dismissed because the state Department of Human Services lacks evidence and is attempting to deflect from its own culpability. Brett Favre's attorneys argued that …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Favre must remain in welfare lawsuit, Mississippi argues

Associated Press

— A judge should ignore a request from retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre to be removed from a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover misspent welfare money in Mississippi’s largest-ever public corruption case, the state Department of Human Services said this week. Favre’s attorneys argue the Department of Human Services is suing Favre, “a Mississippi and national celebrity,” to deflect …

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How Brett Favre revealed his fears of brain disease years before Parkinson's diagnosis

Republicans Call Brett Favre As Expert Witness On Welfare Fraud

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease

Brett Favre, testifying at welfare fraud hearing, reveals he has Parkinson’s

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Mississippi ex-governor expected stake in firm that got welfare money, says woman convicted in fraud

Who has the power to sue Brett Favre over welfare money? 1 Mississippi Republican sues another

Ex-NFL quarterback Favre must finish repaying misspent welfare money, Mississippi auditor says

Judge dismisses Brett Favre defamation suit, saying Shannon Sharpe used hyperbole over welfare money

Man being sued over Mississippi welfare spending files his own suit against the governor

Brett Favre’s deposition in Mississippi’s welfare scandal is rescheduled for December

Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case

Mississippi governor’s brother suggested that auditor praise Brett Favre during welfare scandal

Brett Favre is accused of failing to turn over text messages in welfare fund investigation: Packers legend 'funneled $5m into a volleyball arena at his alma mater'

Mississippi Supreme Court won’t remove Favre from lawsuit over misspent welfare money

Favre ends lawsuit after sportscaster McAfee apologizes over ‘stealing from poor’ remark

Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments

Favre remains in Mississippi welfare lawsuit, judge rules

Former wrestler charged in Mississippi welfare fraud case

A former pro wrestler is charged in Mississippi with welfare fraud

Brett Favre's attorneys argue civil lawsuit against him should be DISMISSED

Favre must remain in welfare lawsuit, Mississippi argues