A Mississippi state auditor is demanding that Brett Favre repay the welfare cash he spent on tasks he backed.
In response to experiences, Auditor Shad White has filed court docket paperwork demanding Favre to pay almost $730,000 of funds meant for a few of Mississippi’s poorest residents.
In February 2023, Favre, a Mississippi resident and Corridor of Famer, sued White and two sportscasters for defamation over welfare misspending discussions.
In 2020, White accused Favre of wrongly receiving $1.1 million in talking charges from a nonprofit, which Mississippi DHS accredited, meant for a College of Southern Mississippi volleyball area, the place his daughter performed and the place he pledged to guide fundraising efforts.
Throughout Monday’s court docket submitting, White’s attorneys stated, “Favre had no authorized proper to the possession or management of this $1.1 Million.”
In response to experiences, Favre repaid $500,000 to the state in Could 2020 and $600,000 in October 2021, however a current court docket submitting said he nonetheless owes $729,790 resulting from curiosity accruing on the unique quantity owed.
“It boggles the thoughts that Mr. Favre might think about he’s entitled to the equal of an interest-free mortgage of $1.1 million in taxpayer cash, particularly cash meant for the good thing about the poor,” White stated Monday.
Favre’s defamation lawsuit towards White is ongoing, with White’s current submitting on Monday serving as a counterclaim within the case.
Mississippi prosecutors disclosed that thousands and thousands of federal welfare funds allotted for low-income residents had been misappropriated for tasks favored by rich or well-connected people between 2016 and 2019.
Presently, Favre has confronted no legal expenses within the misspending case, not like others who’ve pleaded responsible, together with a former division director.
