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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Wagster Pettus

Favre ends lawsuit after sportscaster McAfee apologizes over 'stealing from poor' remark

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending a lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized Thursday for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been “ stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending case.

Favre and McAfee both announced the settlement. McAfee, a former NFL punter, apologized during “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and said he did not have to make a payment to Favre to settle the suit.

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