JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL player Brett Favre and Mississippi Auditor Shad White are feuding over the auditor saying Favre failed to make speeches after being paid by welfare money.
I am doing all that I can to support this investigation to make things right for the people of Mississippi and I have shared all that I know, which is that I was paid for three years of commercials that I did, and I paid taxes on the money, as I should.
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) October 29, 2021
Friday's Twitter spat happened days after Favre repaid $600,000 to the state. That's last portion of the $1.1 million that the auditor said Favre received. The auditor says Favre still owes $228,000 in interest, and the state could sue if that's not paid.
These are lies, @BrettFavre. I am not going to hide how much you were paid, why you were paid, or conduct back room meetings to make this go away.
— Shad White (@shadwhite) October 29, 2021
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Favre says he would never knowingly take money from the needy, but he bristles at the auditor saying he failed to show up for speeches.
White says Favre's contract required speeches, and those did not happen.
