The Brett Favre Scandal Deepens
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Over the past two years, a massive welfare fraud scheme has been simmering in Mississippi. And a key player in that scandal is Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre. With the help of a former Mississippi governor, Favre was able to direct state welfare funds -- money that was intended to help poor people -- to the University of Southern Mississippi for the purpose of building a new volleyball stadium. The Athletic’s Katie Strang and Kalyn Kahler join us today to break down that scandal, and to talk about their own investigative work, which revealed new information about Favre's charity.
Read Katie and Kalyn's full story about Favre 4 Hope: https://theathletic.com/3639243/2022/09/28/brett-favre-welfare-mississippi/
Read Mississippi Today's coverage of the welfare scandal: https://mississippitoday.org/
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| 0:40.8 | Over the past two years, a massive welfare fraud scheme in Mississippi has slowly been revealed |
| 0:46.1 | to the public thanks largely to the publication Mississippi today. |
| 0:50.4 | And one key player in that scheme is Green Bay Packer's legend, Brett Farve. |
| 0:56.7 | Brett Farve, along with the help of a former Mississippi governor, obtained welfare funds |
| 1:01.9 | to help build a new Rommie Ball Center at the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| 1:06.5 | All the monies came from federal welfare dollars, which should have gone to some of the |
| 1:10.2 | poorest residents and the poorest state in the nation. |
| 1:13.7 | That revelation has led to a massive public backlash against the former NFL star. |
| 1:19.4 | You made $100 plus million in the NFL. |
| 1:22.3 | No, he didn't know money came out his pocket. |
| 1:25.0 | He stole money from people that really needed that money. |
| 1:28.2 | You got to be really low to take from the poorest of the poor. |
| 1:33.7 | And then just last week, the athletic uncovered new information about Brett Farve's charity, |
| 1:38.8 | which is supposed to give all of its money to underprivileged children and breast cancer |
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