News

51 readers

1 users here now

Breaking news and current events worldwide.

founded 2 years ago

Mississippi Supreme Court won't remove Favre from lawsuit over misspent welfare money (apnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Madison_rogue@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer 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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] style99@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Popcorn time:

In their filing to the state Supreme Court, Favre’s attorneys argued that Department of Human Services officials and Nancy New, who directed a nonprofit organization with Human Services contracts, “concocted and carried out the scheme” to direct welfare money toward a volleyball center, and that Favre was not part of the effort.

Attorneys for the state responded that Favre took $1.1 million in TANF money from Nancy New “for speeches he never made.”

“Favre repaid that, but he has neither repaid the $1.7 million he arranged for his drug company, Prevacus, to receive in exchange for giving Nancy New stock, nor the $5 million he orchestrated the USM Athletic Department to receive for a volleyball facility,” the state attorneys wrote.