Former Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre filed defamation lawsuits on Thursday against sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee, and state auditor Shad White
, claims that Sharpe defamed Favre by calling him a “sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low,” and that Favre “stole money from people that really needed that money.” Similar allegations have been brought against NFL personality and former punter McAfee.
“Everything Auditor White has said about this case is true and is backed by years of audit work by the professionals at the Office of the State Auditor,” Fletcher Freeman, the spokesman, wrote. Although Favre is not facing criminal charges in the Mississippi welfare scandal, he is among more than three dozen people or businesses the state is suing to recoup misspent money through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Favre became involved in the case after a state audit and civil lawsuit named Favre as a defendant and stated that he received $1.1 million in TANF funds for speeches White said Favre never made. Although Favre eventually paid the money back, the state auditor has requested that Favre also pay $228,000 in interest.
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