Brett Favre has been in the news recently for his opinion on Aaron Rodgers’ future in Green Bay. The Packer quarterback has turned up in another story and it isn’t flattering.
Favre was paid $1.1 million for speeches he never made, according to a report on Clarionledger.com. The funds came from what is called a welfare scandal in Mississippi.
The 104-page audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services released shows how federal welfare grant funds flowed from DHS into two nonprofits, which then frequently spent the cash in inappropriate or suspicious ways. More than $94 million in welfare money spending was “questioned” by auditors, according to the report — alleging either outright misspending or lack of documentation showing it was spent properly.
How does Favre turn up? Here’s the answer to that:
Among the audit’s “questioned” spending:
Brett Favre’s company, Favre Enterprises, was paid $1.1 million by MCEC over two installments for appearances, promotions, autographs and speaking engagements by the former star quarterback from Mississippi. Auditors said after reviewing dates and other details they determined Favre “did not speak nor was he present for those events.” They wrote the amount Favre made in the deal was “unreasonable.” The Clarion Ledger has reached out to the Favre’s agent for comment on this story and several related DH stories and has not received a response. He faces no criminal charges.
Talk about strange bedfellows, Favre’s company is in the report alongside pro wrestlers Ted DiBiase, Ted DiBiase, Jr., and Brett DiBiase.
“This audit should be a wake-up call to everyone in government,” State Auditor Shad White said. “The old way of doing things, where you do whatever your boss or a person who controls a lot of money tells you to do, or you ignore the law around how to spend money because you think no one is looking — those days are over.”