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Brett Favre was insatiable in his desire to gain assistance to pay for a new volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi, despite the potential misuse of state welfare, according to a report.
Favre allegedly pressed for state officials to help him build a new volleyball complex according to the most recent court filing relating to Mississippi's welfare scandal, obtained by ESPN.
Favre has not been charged with regard to the welfare misspending case, but did receive $1.1million in state welfare money for no-show speaking gigs, which he has since repaid, according to state officials.
State Auditor Shad Whit last year demanded repayment of $77m of misspent welfare funds -- including $1.1m to Favre -- from several people and groups.
In a Facebook post when he repaid the first $500,000, Favre said he did not know the money he received came from welfare funds. He also said his charity had provided millions of dollars to poor children in Mississippi and Wisconsin.
The former Packers quarterback is accused of attempting to funnel $5m into the new volleyball complex built at Southern Miss, where his daughter played the sport in 2017 and 2018.
Brett Favre allegedly pressed for state officials to help him build a new volleyball complex
Favre has been accused of getting welfare money to build a college volleyball facility
Per the ESPN report, then-Mississippi Gov. Bryant texted Favre on July 28, 2019, telling the non-profit, which had paid him for promoting the volleyball initiative, 'has some limited control over Federal Funds in the form of Grants for Children and adults in the Low Income Community.'
'Use of these funds [are] tightly controlled,' Bryant wrote, according to the filing sourced by ESPN. 'Any improper use could result in violation of Federal Law. Auditors are currently reviewing the use of these funds.'
Per the report on the filing, on September 4, 2019, Favre sent a text to Bryant
