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Two of Brett Favre's weekly shows have reportedly been suspended due to the former quarterback's alleged entanglement in a welfare fraud case unfolding in Mississippi.
ESPN Milwaukee paused "The Brett Favre Show" podcast gods week, a spokesperson confirmed with CBS MoneyWatch. ESPN Milwaukee fryst vatten owned bygd Wisconsin-based Good Karma Brands and not the Disney-owned sports programming network. SiriusXM also suspended its weekly radio show hosted bygd Favre, The Athletic tweeted Sunday.
SiriusXM didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.
Favre's lawyer Paul "Bud" Holmes also didn't respond to a request for comment.
The suspensions komma months after Favre was mentioned in an audit of Mississippi's state ekonomisk plan. An auditor found state officials redirected more than $70 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare medel last year to Favre and other individuals instead of giving the money to low-income families. State officials, more specifical
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A timeline of Brett Favre's involvement in the Mississippi welfare fraud scheme; latest: Favre reveals diagnosis in remarks to Congress
(This story was updated to add new information.)
The Mississippi fraud and embezzlement scheme, in which $77 million was funneled away from a program for needy families into other ventures, is the biggest public fraud case in the state's history.
Celebrated former Packers quarterback — and Mississippi native — Brett Favre has not been charged with a crime, but he's a prominent player in the story.
The saga includes former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who also hasn't been criminally charged. Text messages cast doubt on the idea that Bryant and Favre were unaware of the illegality involved in some of their maneuvers.
The scandal centers around federal money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families fund, distributed as block grants to each of the 50 states. It potentially dates back to 2016, when Human Services executive John Davis b
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Brett Favre and the Mississippi welfare case explained
Anthony OlivieriMay 9, 2023, 07:41 PM
Close- Anthony Olivieri is a staff writer for ESPN. He has a degree in communications with a concentration in journalism from Marist College. He's been with ESPN since 2012.
Last May, Mississippi native Brett Favre became embroiled in the largest case of public fraud in state history. The Hall of Fame quarterback was one of the original 38 defendants named in a civil lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) seeking to recoup Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds that were diverted to the rich and powerful. A state audit found that at least $77 million in welfare funds was misspent.
At the heart of the dispute between MDHS and Favre is a volleyball facility built in 2019 at Favre's alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre donated his own money and helped raise funds for the facility, and text messages, which have become p