Posted on 04/05/2022 10:34:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
For well over a year, the public has known about Brett Favre receiving $1.1 million in Mississippi welfare funds for apparent no-show appearances, which he has since paid back.
Now, a new report from Mississippi Today has more details that tie Favre to potential political corruption in Mississippi. Favre, who played collegiately at Southern Miss, was linked on Monday to a scandal involving former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant.
Mississippi Today reported connections between Favre, a drug company he invested in, public welfare funds, and Bryant. The hall of fame QB reportedly hoped to make a significant amount of money from the investment. According to the report, Favre might have tried to leverage his relationship with Bryant.
“It’s 3rd and long and we need you to make it happen!!” Favre allegedly texted Bryant in late 2018.
“I will open a hole,” Bryant allegedly replied.
Part 1 of our investigation:
Former Gov. Phil Bryant used his office, political influence and connections to help NFL legend Brett Favre boost a fledgling drug company.
Then he tried to cash in on the project when he left office, text messages show: https://t.co/EQBc0dBieE pic.twitter.com/eTqTtgcjwo
— Adam Ganucheau (@GanucheauAdam) April 4, 2022 Within days after that exchange, Favre reportedly met with welfare officials to reach an agreement on a $1.7 million investment in Prevacus. Two days after Bryant left office in early 2020, he agreed to accept stock in the company.
He admitted to the publication that the timeline “doesn’t look good,” but he claims he never intended to accept Prevacus stock and that he didn’t read his text messages closely enough to realize that the company had received public funding.
A new report from Mississippi Today delves into connections between Brett Favre, a drug company in which he invested, allegedly misappropriated public welfare funding, and former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant. https://t.co/n1UNEH5Np6
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 4, 2022 Favre in a text to one of his partners in Prevacus, “Don’t know if legal or not but we need cut him in.” Favre later said this: “Also if legal I’ll give some of my shares to the Governor.”
NFL Pingy!................
Let’s hope that Burp wasn’t txting pics of his junk... Again!
It’s how he “lives limitless.”
The nfl should act immediately.
John Madden is sad.......
This is sad if true. He is a multimillionaire many time over. Now he needs even more money by shady investments and corruption? I am disgusted.
John Madden is dead..................
How sad to think this will stain his magnificent career contributing so much to the sum of human knowledge through running, jumping, throwing, and catching
“The nfl should act immediately.”
Act immediately? Brett Favre is no longer a player in the nfl and as far as I know, has no connections to the nfl any longer. What do you think that the nfl could possibly do to Favre? ( Take away his driver’s license? That question was stolen by me from Gig Young in one of his movies. )
Hi guy.
Help me here. How does Brett Favre get welfare payments? Did he squander all his money?
“Mississippi Today reported connections between Favre, a drug company he invested in, public welfare funds, and Bryant. “
I knew Favre had a problem with Percocets and Dilaudid, but buying a pharmaceutical company?
Come on.
What’s the deal?
5.56mm
I think it was a sarcastic post
But in the moment they provide a great entertainment and escape for people. The world isn't just about reading poetry, going to the opera, and reading the constitution and the federalist papers. Sometimes a guy throwing a ball brings people together in a shared experience like few things do these days. There's value in that.
Favre and the former governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant are accused of being part of a welfare embezzlement scam.
After criminal charges were levied against former Mississippi Department of Human Services director John Davis and five others accused of embezzling $4 million in welfare funds, it was revealed by an audit by State Auditor Shad White that Favre, WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase, and his sons Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase, were paid millions of dollars in the embezzlement scheme.
Favre claimed to have “never received monies for obligations I didn’t meet” yet still admitted to paying back $1.1 million to the state of Mississippi (without any interest).
https://brobible.com/sports/article/brett-favre-political-corruption-scandal-mississippi-report/
Guy makes over 135 million in his career and resorts to this. Plus great health care and likely a retirement plan..
yeah but i mean come on- they didn’t give him a pony, so there’s that to consider-
Dilaudid...
That stuff is somethin else...from personal experience...
SQUIRREL!
DON’T LOOK AT HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP
THIS is what happens when you leave Green Bay to play for the Viqueens. Ugh. 🤣🤣🤣
I thought they fired him...............
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