A company spokesperson has confirmed that Brett Favre’s weekly NFL show for SiriusXM has been postponed diverse. It’s the latest business deal at risk due to the professional QB’s involvement in a Mississippi welfare fraud case.
A SiriusXM rep declined to comment further. Favre, who retired from the NFL in 2010 after 20 years in the league, began co-hosting SiriusXM in 2018. The former Green Bay Packers QB appeared on “The SiriusXM Blitz With Brett Favre and Bruce Murray” on Tuesday Tuesday. Satellite radio and audio broadcasting services, most recently on September 13.
SiriusXM’s pause on the Favre Show comes as ESPN Milwaukee said it will temporarily suspend the former soccer star’s weekly show “The Brett Favre Show” that recaps the Packers games, NBC Sports mentioned.
Favre allegedly conspired with former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant to divert stray welfare funds toward the construction of a new volleyball court worth more than $5 million at the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre is a college graduate and his daughter played volleyball at school. Favre has not been charged with breaking any laws and has denied any wrongdoing.
The The FBI interviewed Favre Over $1.1 million in speaking fees he received in 2017-18 for talks he allegedly did not give. Favre paid the fees, which came from federal welfare funds intended for low-income Mississippi families.
Text messages posted earlier this month by Mississippi today It seems to show that Favre – with Bryant; John Davis, former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services; and nonprofit founder Nancy Neo – they worked together to improperly divert welfare money. According to the scripts, Favre asked New, “If you’re going to pay me, is there a way the media can find out where and how much?” (New reply, “No, this information was never published.”)
Thursday, September 22, Davis pleaded guilty to both state and federal charges of embezzling federal welfare funds and conspiracy to defraud the state, according to prosecutors.
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