Former NFL player Brett Favre walks off the 10th tee box during the Celebrity Foursome at the second round of the American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge Golf Club in Madison, Wisconsin, on June 11, 2022. (Patrick McDermott/Getty I The FBI has questioned NFL Hall of Famer and Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre for his alleged involvement in a Mississippi welfare fraud case in which Favre was paid $1.1 million for motivational speeches that he never gave, according to a report.The money that was reportedly paid to Favre in 2017 and 2018 came from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare fund, and was part of a larger scandal of $70 million that was paid to Favre, a professional wrestler, a horse farm and a volleyball complex.
According to a defendant in the case, the money paid to Favre reportedly came at the direction of former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant.
Bryant has denied knowing that the money came from welfare money. Favre has repaid the money but not the $228,000 in interest demanded by a Mississippi state auditor, and he has not been charged or accused of a crime, according to NBC News.
Budd Holmes, Favre’s lawyer, admitted that the FBI spoke with Favre regarding the case, a fact that was not previously known.