(PatrioticPost.com)- On Wednesday night, new information emerged regarding Brett Favre’s suspected involvement in a Mississippi welfare scam.
According to numerous reports, from 2018 through 2020, Favre’s charity, Favre 4 Hope, gave more than $130,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation.
The discoveries were made public days after texts showed that former governor Phil Bryant texted quarterback Brett Favre in 2019 about raising money for a football practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi. According to Bryant, federal funding for kids and low-income people is “tightly supervised,” and “improper usage might result in violation of Federal Law.”
According to several reports, the Favre 4 Hope Foundation, which “supports charities that provide support to underprivileged and disabled children and breast cancer patients,” donated $60,000 to the school’s athletic foundation in 2018 and slightly more than $26,175 in 2019. The organization reportedly donated roughly $48,000 between 2011 and 2017 and another $70,000 between 2013 and 2015 to his daughter’s high school.
Since he played baseball there, he has donated significantly to Southern Miss, according to Bud Holmes, Favre’s attorney, who spoke to ESPN. He said he didn’t know about the gifts in question, but he knows he’s always given back, which is “something most athletes don’t do.”
The former governor’s attorneys have submitted court documents that include text messages between Bryant and Favre to demonstrate that Bryant was willing to assist Favre in 2017 in raising private funds for the volleyball facility and was not aware that the project had received more than two years’ worth of state welfare funding.
Favre texted Bryant in July 2017 to inquire about the facility and see if the governor knew of anyone who would build it for nothing.
On July 28, 2019, Favre requested funding for the football facility from the Mississippi Department of Human Services, but his request was denied. In 2017, his daughter played volleyball at Southern Miss, where Favre played collegiate football.
The state auditor claims that he earned $1.1 million in appearance and speaking fees that he supposedly never received. Although he returned the money, the state still pursues him for $228,000 in unpaid interest.
John Davis admitted to conspiring to misuse welfare funds last week on federal and state felony charges.
