Pat McAfee announced Thursday that former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has dismissed the defamation lawsuit against him based on the comments he made regarding Favre’s reported involvement in misappropriating welfare funds in Mississippi in 2020.
Favre was part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services alleging that the funds for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families were misspent on initiatives that Favre supported, according to the Associated Press. One of the projects Favre is alleged to have supported included $5 million toward a volleyball facility at Southern Mississippi, where his daughter was part of the program.
McAfee confirmed that Favre was withdrawing the lawsuit against him during the opening segment of his show.
