A nonprofit group caught up in an embezzlement scheme in Mississippi used federal welfare money to pay former NFL quarterback Brett Favre $1.1 million for multiple speaking engagements but Favre did not show up for the events, the state auditor said Monday.
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Thanks Ted.
FF!
Make Mississippi Great (for once)!
Government $ with little oversight is ripe for fraud / greed like this. Anyone see the 60 minutes piece on farm subsidies?
[looks forward to FLPACKER v. Ammo slapfight ]
Can't wait to see Favre "Chmura" someone within his organization.
Guess he learned a few things from the Wilfs.
Bert "Do me a Favor" not charged...yet. But certainly a bad look.
We're not getting the whole story as the Bert payoff makes no sense.
If no further damning evidence surfaces then Bert simply makes mention of scheduling snafus and returns all $ with matching donation to make it right for poor folks in Mississippi.
How many speeches would he have had to skip out on to get that $1.1M, and why did people keep hiring him after he skipped out the first two or three times?
Lock him up!!!!
Viking People.
Reinstate the whistle blower!
(Whoops, sorry, wrong scandal.)
Could he be impeached from the Hall of Fame? Could there be a trial? Could fans testify?
I'm gonna socially distance myself from him.
Bert Who?
So was it like a Velvet Jones type of speaking engagement?
"How not to be on welfare. I have a book for you".
My guess is he'll try and make it disappear with a $1.1 million dollar check.
@Fedya posted:How many speeches would he have had to skip out on to get that $1.1M, and why did people keep hiring him after he skipped out the first two or three times?
According to the Clarion Ledger, he received 2 payments - $500k & $600k for 3 engagements which he did not show up for.
Correction. According to cbs report: 3 speaking engagements, 1 radio engagement, and 1 keynote address. He wasnât present for any of the 5.
BY JASON SILVERSTEIN
/ CBS NEWS
This is one play Brett should have pondered passing.
$1.1M for five engagements? For that kind of money, I would have shown up.
Hell, for that kind of money I'd think about braiding BK's back hair.
Perhaps he showed up and then unshowed up.
@Dr._Bob posted:Could he be impeached from the Hall of Fame? Could there be a trial? Could fans testify?
Depends. If he is a registered Republican, he will probably end up broke and in jail with Deanna refusing to do conjugal visits. If he is a registered democrat, he will be summoned to an ice cream party at Nancy Pelosis house with other guests of honors that include Bill and Hillary Clinton, Jussy Smullet, Al Franken, Anthony Weiner, and Bob Menendez. Harvey Weinstein may make an appearance by Zoom but is at least scheduled to send all the women to the party with whom he had "consensual" sex.
