Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre still owes Mississippi $ 600,000, which he received from a nonprofit to attend, according to a report on Thursday.
Favre, 51, promised to repay the remaining $ 1.1 million he received last year from the Mississippi Community Education Center, the former leader of which is now included in the welfare embezzlement scheme.
However, the Hall of Famer still hasn’t made good on assurances, Mississippi Today reported.
Favre – who previously claimed he did not know the money is meant to help poor families – has not been charged with a crime, but after a state audit to promote the nonprofit-funded anti He agreed to return the money if not paid for – a poverty initiative called Family First for Mississippi.
“I was unaware that the money being taken away was paid out of money not made for that purpose, and because of this I am returning the entire amount to Mississippi,” Favre Tweeted in May 2020.
The former quarterback then made an initial payment of $ 500,000 last May.
But a spokesman for the auditor’s office confirmed to Mississippi Today on Thursday that the former Green Bay Packers great had not paid any extra beyond the initial $ 500,000.
However, federal officials are still investigating Favre’s payment, so one has formally demanded the amount to be repaid, according to the report.
Months after a former Mississippi Department of Human Services director disclosed Favre’s payment was released and five others were convicted for allegedly embezzling $ 4 million.
He previously stated what the state auditor blamed as the largest public embezzlement scheme in Mississippi history.
Meanwhile, Favre disputed the auditor’s findings that he received money for a number of speaking engagements he did not participate in, claiming that he had received radio and public service announcements and for commercials that had aired in the state for years Was paid
Favre told ESPN Wisconsin last May “for the auditor (s) to say I took $ 1.1 million and didn’t show up for the speaking engagements at all.”
He repeated again In a may tweet, Insisting that he previously did “many advertisements” for families and was never paid for “obligations” he did not respect.
Favre, a furnace native who now lives in southern Mississippi, did not return calls and messages on Thursday, Mississippi Today reported.
Hall of Fame quarterback longtime agent, James “Bus” Cook, said he had no idea about Favre’s nonprofit contract, nor his promise to repay the welfare money he received, according to the report.
With post wires
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