By SOPHIE BATES Updated 4:28 PM CDT, May 9, 2025 Share JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A defamation lawsuit filed by retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre against Mississippi Auditor Shad White for his comments on a welfare scandal will move forward after Mississippi’s…
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-State Auditor Shad White is appealing to the Mississippi Supreme Court as he seeks to get the defamation case filed against him…
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will crisscross several swing states on Wednesday, passing each other in Wisconsin, where the former president is scheduled to appear in Green Bay with a onetime local icon, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. A longtime supporter of Trump…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is trying to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Auditor Shad White to include a book White wrote about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the…
By David K. Li and Janhvi Bhojwani NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's, a stunning disclosure made to Congress on Tuesday while testifying about his potential misuse of taxpayer money. Farve, appearing before the House Ways and Means…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, who has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in Mississippi, is scheduled to appear before a Republican-led congressional committee that’s examining how…
BY KEVIN MCGILL Updated 9:29 AM CDT, July 9, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall…
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White’s office counter-sued Brett Favre for hundreds of thousands of welfare dollars. Last February, Favre sued White for defamation for truthful statements Auditor White made describing Mississippi’s large welfare fraud scandal. Auditor White’s attorneys…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to a welfare…
The deposition in the civil lawsuit against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in connection with Mississippi’s welfare scandal has been pushed back at the request of the athlete’s attorneys. A court document filed Friday shows the hearing has been rescheduled…
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to remove him as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending a lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized Thursday for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been “ stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in public discussions about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some…
As we wind down on 2022, we are taking a look at some of the stories that captured the attention of our viewers this year. From the state legislature…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Human Services is changing its demands against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a lawsuit that seeks repayment of misspent welfare money. The funds were intended…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a civil lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money…
NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre is speaking out about his role in the ongoing investigation into the misuse of welfare funds in the state. Favre said in…
Former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is facing a subpoena related to his communications with Brett Favre. The NFL Hall of Famer is caught up in a civil suit…
By ERICA HUNZINGER Mississippi’s largest public corruption case, in which tens of millions of dollars earmarked for needy families was misspent, involves a number of sports figures with ties to the state — including NFL royalty Brett Favre and a…
NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre has hired an attorney to represent him in the Mississippi Department of Human Services scandal. Although Favre has not been charged in the investigation, he hired former White House counsel Eric Herschmann to…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former director of Mississippi’s welfare agency pleaded guilty Thursday to new federal charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of millions of dollars that were intended to help needy families in…