Brett Favre has yet to pay $ 600,000 of the $ 1.1 million in welfare money he has given to the state of Mississippi, after one year he promised to pay it back.
Favre’s company, Favre Agencies, was paid $ 1.1 million from the 2019 fiscal year as part of a $ 94 million state embezzlement scandal. An audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services released in May 2020 found that he was paid the amount for appearances in three shows, including a radio show and keynote address. It was determined that not only did Favre be paid a disqualified amount for those appearances, but also that he did not actually attend those events.
Following the audit news, Favre promised to return the entire amount in installments starting at $ 500,000 that month. His company has yet to make another payment.
“There is no update to be provided,” Logan Reeves, spokesman for the Mississippi Office of State Auditors, Told USA Today. “He committed in our press release a year ago. He continued the commitment to repay the balance of $ 1.1 million after remitting $ 500,000. “
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Favre has not been charged with any crime. The audit also determined that Favre was unaware of the money he had received from the Temperary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Despite Favre’s promise to meet the funds received from the program, he is not subject to any legal obligation to do so unless directed by the federal government. Reeves told USA Today that the Office of Inspector General would decide if $ 94 million would need to be repaid, and if Favre’s $ 1.1 million would be included in the total.
If the Inspector General decides that it should be repaid, it will still decide who is responsible for paying the money; Reeves said it could determine whether the state of Mississippi would be responsible for repaying money from its general fund, or the state Department of Human Services (with funds in the future).
“If he decides not to make any further payments, it is his decision until some sort of callback action is taken by the federal government,” Reves said. “And it may or may not happen.”
Reeves said the inspector general may also order Favre to repay the remaining $ 600,000.
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