Brett Favre has filed defamation lawsuits against Mississippi State Auditor Shad White and sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee.
Southern Miss is linked to the alleged fraud scheme through one of its most notable alums, former Golden Eagles quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre, who is mentioned directly in the amended complaint to the lawsuit.
The complaint against White reads, in part,"Shad White, the State Auditor of Mississippi, has carried out an outrageous media campaign of malicious and false accusations against Brett Favre -- the Hall of Fame quarterback and native son of Mississippi -- in a brazen attempt to leverage the media attention generated by Favre's celebrity to further his own political career.
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