NFL leg­end Brett Favre named in Mis­sis­sip­pi tri­al over mis­ap­pro­pri­at­ed wel­fare funds go­ing to con­cus­sion biotech

Most peo­ple know the name Brett Favre when it comes to the NFL as one of the best quar­ter­backs to play the game, bring­ing a de­clin­ing Green Bay Pack­ers fran­chise back to life and end­ing up on top of sev­er­al sta­tis­tics lists along the way.

Now, how­ev­er, he’s got a court case ahead of him for his role in a wel­fare fraud scheme that, ac­cord­ing to Mis­sis­sip­pi state au­di­tor Shad White, is the largest pub­lic fraud in state his­to­ry.

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