Mississippi Supreme Court refuses to let Brett Favre off the hook in major lawsuit over welfare fraud scandal – By Matt Naham (Law and Crime) / Aug 10, 2023
The Mississippi Supreme Court declined to intervene Wednesday in the state Department of Human Services’ ongoing civil lawsuit seeking to hold Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre liable as a beneficiary of massive welfare fraud scandal admitted to by others.
Though Favre has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, several others have pleaded guilty to various offenses, including former Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) director John Davis and Nancy New, a non-profit director who admittedly used millions of dollars in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds to construct a volleyball stadium at Favre’s alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, and to promote an anti-concussion drug produced by biotech company Prevacus, a company Favre had invested in.
The ongoing lawsuit was not just filed against Favre. It named as defendants dozens of entities and other individuals, including Davis and New.
After Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson refused in April to remove Favre as a defendant, his lawyers — former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann and attorneys with Herschmann’s former firm Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP — went to the state’s high court.
