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

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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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