Brett Favre won't be able to discuss Mississippi welfare lawsuit on new show

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is going to be appearing on Jason Whitlock’s Fearless show The Blaze every Wednesday for the NFL season. However, there’s one topic that he’s not going to be able to address at all, the Mississippi welfare lawsuit that he’s found himself involved in.

The lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over the scandal has led to a gag order being placed on Brett Favre. That order has been in place since May and prohibits “all attorneys, their representatives, parties, witnesses, applicable agency personnel, law enforcement officers and court personnel” from publicly speaking about the case while it’s ongoing. That includes on a TV show.

In June, Favre’s lawyers tried to have this gag order removed. They argued that not being able to respond publicly would potentially taint the trial. Later, in August, the Mississippi State Supreme Court ruled it would not remove Favre as a defendant on the lawsuit.

Brett Favre isn’t the only one involved in this lawsuit. In total, there are more than 40 defendants in the civil lawsuit. However, his status as a Hall of Fame quarterback has made him the most high-profile named defendant on the lawsuit.

In the welfare scandal, roughly $77 million in funds was misappropriated. Brett Favre has been a key figure in the Mississippi welfare scandal after allegedly receiving payments for speaking appearances that he never made and diverting funds to a volleyball facility at Southern Miss. That’s his alma mater and his daughter played volleyball for the Golden Eagles at the time.

Brett Favre has not been charged criminally for his alleged role in this scandal. Court filings, tax records, and text messages are among the things that show his involvement.

Among those to already plead guilty in the scandal are retired professional wrestler Brett DiBiase, former MDHS Executive Director John Davis, and Mississippi Community Education Center founder Nancy New.

Brett Favre accused of withholding evidence in Mississippi welfare case

Front Office Sports recently reported that Brett Favre has withheld evidence in the Mississippi welfare case. In particular, he is being accused of withholding text messages from discovery requests made by the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

“Despite being identified as the sender or recipient on the face of these text messages, Favre objected and claimed he could not verify many of these text messages’ authenticity,” MDHS said in a document.

Front Office Sports has also reported that “MDHS stated that approximately 330,000 documents have been produced by more than 40 defendants in the case since the lawsuit was filed in May 2022. Favre, so far, has handed over just 24 pages of documents, according to the filing.”