Mississippi supreme court won't remove Brett Favre from welfare fraud lawsuit

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Source: The Guardian

Associated Press
Thu 10 Aug 2023 17.59 EDT

Panel of three justices denies Hall of Fame quarterback’s appeal
Favre, 53, has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing

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 some of the poorest people in the United States.

A panel of three justices issued a brief ruling on Wednesday, denying an appeal from Favre.

His attorneys said in written arguments in May that the Mississippi Department of Human Services is making “utterly meritless” legal arguments in suing the retired quarterback.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/10/brett-favre-fraud-lawsuit-mississippi-supreme-court

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1. INTERCEPTION

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2. Good. I like it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

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4. what a Grade A

scumbag from hell

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5. ...

Favre first filed a motion to dismiss charges against him in the lawsuit, which has been ongoing for more than a year, in February. The judge in the case, Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Faye Peterson, denied the motion in April. It was her first major ruling in the case, a sprawling lawsuit with 47 defendants and pending motions that have been stale for months. Favre appealed the decision to the Mississippi Supreme Court in May.

Mississippi Department of Human Services is bringing the case in an attempt to recoup $77 million in misspent funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, or TANF. This includes more than $7 million that went to Favre’s projects, a pharmaceutical startup company and a volleyball stadium at his alma mater University of Southern Mississippi.

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08/10/supreme-court-blocks-brett-favres-escape-from-welfare-fraud-lawsuit/

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6. he is one smarmy POS

yup

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7. I swear, Mike Holmgren kept Favre out of jail for years.

There were always rumors about his bad boy behavior floating around Green Bay and Appleton (where I am).