Reported by: Todd Spangler

Former Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre’s weekly NFL show for SiriusXM has been put on hold, a company spokesman confirmed to Variety. It’s the latest business deal in jeopardy over the pro QB’s involvement in a welfare fraud case in Mississippi.

Favre allegedly conspired with former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to divert federal welfare funds toward the construction of a new $5 million-plus volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre is an alum of the university and his daughter played volleyball at the school. Favre has not been accused of breaking any laws and has denied any wrongdoing.

The FBI interviewed Favre over $1.1 million in speaking fees he received in 2017-18 for talks he allegedly didn’t deliver. Favre paid back the fees, which had come from federal welfare funds earmarked for low-income Mississippi families. 

Text messages published earlier this month by Mississippi Today appear to show that Favre — together with Bryant; John Davis, former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services; and nonprofit founder Nancy New — worked together to improperly divert state welfare funds.

Read full report: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/brett-favre-siriusxm-show-pause-1235383084/