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Like that multi-million dollar volleyball stadium - In-Depth: How Brett Favre Got $6 Million in Welfare Funds For A Volleyball Stadium
Brett Favre to testify Tuesday at House welfare reform hearing amid Mississippi scandal
by Ashleigh Fields - 09/23/24 11:07 AM ET
Brett Favre is set to testify Tuesday at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee examining welfare reform, the panel confirmed to The Hill, an appearance that comes after the former NFL star faced allegations of using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) state funds for corporate gains.
Favre was accused of encouraging local officials to use welfare money to build an athletic facility and support the manufacture of a concussion drug. A Mississippi state audit found that some $5 million in TANF resources was reallocated to pay for the construction of a volleyball facility at Favre’s alma mater — the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter was then playing volleyball — and that $1.7 million was directed toward a company named Prevacus, which is working to develop the concussion medication and where he is an investor.
The former quarterback also received $1.1 million in speaking fees for speeches he never gave, which his attorneys say he has repaid.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services pursued a civil lawsuit against him and other defendants, citing text messages between Favre and state officials as evidence of his involvement in embezzling funds.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4888688-brett-favre-testify-house-welfare-reform-mississippi-tanf-scandal/
by Ashleigh Fields - 09/23/24 11:07 AM ET
Brett Favre is set to testify Tuesday at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee examining welfare reform, the panel confirmed to The Hill, an appearance that comes after the former NFL star faced allegations of using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) state funds for corporate gains.
Favre was accused of encouraging local officials to use welfare money to build an athletic facility and support the manufacture of a concussion drug. A Mississippi state audit found that some $5 million in TANF resources was reallocated to pay for the construction of a volleyball facility at Favre’s alma mater — the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter was then playing volleyball — and that $1.7 million was directed toward a company named Prevacus, which is working to develop the concussion medication and where he is an investor.
The former quarterback also received $1.1 million in speaking fees for speeches he never gave, which his attorneys say he has repaid.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services pursued a civil lawsuit against him and other defendants, citing text messages between Favre and state officials as evidence of his involvement in embezzling funds.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4888688-brett-favre-testify-house-welfare-reform-mississippi-tanf-scandal/
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