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Brett Favre still hasn't repaid the state of Mississippi $600,000 in welfare money he received for speeches he never gave. The former NFL quarterback promised to return $1.1. ....
Comments Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press Former NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre s company, Favre Enterprises Inc., was paid $1.1 million by the Mississippi Community Education Center to promote Families First for Mississippi through numerous speeches. Those speeches were never made, and Favre paid back $500,000 after news first broke of the reneged agreement in May 2020. Mississippi Today reported last Thursday that Favre has not paid back the remaining $600,000 to the state. On Tuesday, the state confirmed on the record to the Associated Press that $600,000 of the original $1.1 million paid to Favre has not been returned. After the initial media dustup, he stroked a check for $500 grand and gave a commitment, a voluntary commitment, to repay the rest in the coming months, Logan Reeves, a spokesman for Mississippi Auditor Shad White, told The Associated Press. ....
Brett Favre still hasn’t paid Mississippi $600,000 he promised, state says Maybe it was intercepted. Mississippi’s state auditor said Brett Favre has only paid the state $500,000 of the $1.1 million he promised over a year ago. After it was revealed in May 2020 that Favre received $1.1 million in state welfare payments amid a $94 million embezzlement scandal, the Hall of Fame quarterback promised to send the money back. State Auditor Shad White’s report said Favre was paid for speeches that he never gave, but the 50-year-old New York Jets legend claimed the money was for public service announcements that he actually recorded. ....
The state of Mississippi is still awaiting a repayment of $600,000 that Hall of Famer Brett Favre had promised it in the wake of multiple speaking events where he never showed up. ....