Brett Favre responded to reports that he was involved in a widespread welfare fraud scheme in his home state of Mississippi. Favre told Fox News Digital that he had no knowledge that any funds he requested for a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi were being diverted from welfare causes for the state's poorest residents. "I have been unjustly smeared in the media," Favre said in the statement. "I have done nothing wrong, and it is past time to set the record straight. "No one ever told me, and I did not know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me.
Brett Favre: ‘I did not know’ Miss. funds were earmarked for welfare
