Brett Favre revealed he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease while testifying at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Favre repaid just over $1 million in state welfare money he accepted for speeches where he didn't appear as part of a lawsuit filed against him by the state of Mississippiannounced Tuesday while testifying on Capitol Hill at a hearing about alleged welfare misspending that he was"recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease."
"Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others, and I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's," Favre said."This is also a cause dear to my heart. Recently, the doctor, running the company pleaded guilty to taking TANF money for his own use.
Favre repaid just over $1 million in state welfare money he accepted for speeches where he didn't appear. It was unclear, however, how much Favre would say during the hearing because a Mississippi judge in 2023 put a gag order on him and others as part of the suit.Brett Favre and the Mississippi Welfare Funds Scandal
The TANF money was to go toward a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre agreed to lead fundraising efforts for the facility at his alma mater, where his daughter started playing on the volleyball team in 2017.
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