Some brands are beginning to distance themselves from Brett Favre.
Last week, incriminating text messages were leaked that showed Favre’s involvement in a scheme featuring former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant in which $5 million in welfare money was used to fund a new volleyball arena for the school in which Favre’s daughter attended and played volleyball.
The newly released texts show that Gov. Bryant, Brett Favre, and others worked together to channel at least $5 million of the state’s welfare funds to build a new volleyball stadium at University of S. Mississippi, where Favre’s daughter played the sport https://t.co/V4gmAFPN7Q
— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) September 13, 2022
Brett Favre: Will the media find out that we're using welfare funds intended to help the poorest residents of America's poorest state to build a volleyball center?
Nancy New: Nah. Oh yeah, the governor is fully on board!@ayewolfe five years later: https://t.co/rWXHRXISsu pic.twitter.com/wo3QuIYXaY
— Adam Ganucheau (@GanucheauAdam) September 13, 2022
According to a report from Front Office Sports, two brands have already started scrubbing any mention that Favre worked for them.
“Hallow: The Catholic prayer and meditation app founded in 2018 announced in August it had partnered with Favre. Favre’s picture still appeared on the site Wednesday afternoon, but a mention of the partnership in the text has been scrubbed from an August version of the same page saved by the Internet Archive. Messages left with two Hallow executives were not returned.
Odyssey Health: Favre had been involved with the company’s nasal concussion product even before it acquired the technology from Prevacus — a startup that received about $2 million with the help of then-Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that came from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. Despite being the main spokesperson for the company’s concussion product that is undergoing trials, he is no longer listed on Odyssey Health’s sports advisory board. Messages left with the company were not returned.”
Things could start getting dicey for Favre after the former head of Mississippi’s welfare agency entered into a plea agreement with federal and state prosecutors
BREAKING: The former head of Mississippi’s welfare agency entered into a plea agreement with federal and state prosecutors — a huge turn in the scandal that could spell major trouble for Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. https://t.co/IsalUezzCj
— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) September 22, 2022
Mississippi DHS director John Davis agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of the deal. He was a conduit for the alleged embezzlement of welfare funds that implicate former Gov. Phil Bryant, Favre and nonprofit boss Nancy New.
This is a text from Bryant to New about Favre. pic.twitter.com/0V8mue0HEj
— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) September 22, 2022
