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NFL Hall of Fame quarterbackBrett Favrehas filed lawsuits againstShannon Sharpe,Pat McAfeeand a Mississippi state auditor, claiming that the three have defamed him and ruined his “good name” in the wake of hisinvolvement in a Mississippi welfare fraud scandal.
The complaint alleges, per CNN, that the former tight end, 54, called Favre a “sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low,” and that Favre “stole money from people that really needed that money.”
In the lawsuit against McAfee, Favre contends that the 35-year-old former NFL punter and professional wrestler called him a “thief” who was “stealing from poor people in Mississippi” on McAfee’s podcastThe Pat McAfee Show.
Reps for Sharpe and McAfee did not return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
In a statement to CNN, White’s office refuted Favre’s claim.
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Favre has come under fire for his involvement in the alleged plot to use welfare funds meant for poor residents in Mississippi to build the volleyball stadium, an investigative report fromMississippi Todayfound in September 2022.
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The former athlete was implicated in the scheme after text messages that he sent then-Gov. Phil Bryant from 2017 to 2019 allegedly showed that he collaborated with Bryant to funnel at least $5 million of the state’s welfare funds to build the stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi.
source: people.com
