Green Bay Packers Legend Brett Favre sees a big decision rule in his favor in relation to the welfare scandal of Mississippi

The Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre has been one of the more polarizing numbers in sports in recent years. While the heart and passion with which he played the game cannot be denied together with his enormous game skills, his life in retirement was far from being as wonderful as his days in Green Bay.

The most remarkable flaw in his reputation came a few years ago when a report came out that he was supposedly part of a Mississippi welfare scandal. As the fans are now aware of, this report accused the fact that millions of dollars were stolen money for the impoverished population in Mississippi, and the money to build a new volleyball stadium on College in which his daughter took part in the time.

Green Bay Packers Legend Brett Favre was not charged with crimes

Favre was not the only person who was accused of having misused funds, but he is the best known. His alleged commitment to the scandal made national headlines and fell his reputation.

In recent years, one of Favre's business partners, Jacob van Landingham, has been committed to cheating in connection with the scandal. The founder of Prevacus used 1.9 million US dollars to funds to support further investigations to pay for his game debts.

In a wild turn of the events, the prosecutor, who tried to raise charges against Favre, was examined by the FBI because he supposedly accepted bribes.

As already mentioned, Favre himself was never charged for crimes. He will also be. The limitation period for his alleged crimes has expired. However, he repaid $ 1.1 million of money that he accepted for speech obligations that he did not comply with.

Green Bay Packers Legend Brett Favre achieves a great court victory

As early as 2023, Favre submitted a defamation against the Auditor Shad White in Mississippi, which accused Packers' former quarterback at the scandal in the media appearances and a book written by him.

White's lawyer asked the state's Supreme Court to raise the lawsuit, but the court decided on Thursday that the lawsuit was progressing.

“A defamation lawsuit submitted by the retired NFL Quarterback Brett Favre against Mississippi Auditor Shad White will be refused to reject the lawsuit according to the Supreme Court of Mississippi on Thursday,” said ESPN.

For his part, White claims that the things he said and wrote were correct and that he will continue to defend himself against Favre's allegations of defamation.

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