Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 he received from the state of Mississippi for speaking events he didn’t participate in.
A May 2020 audit revealed the state paid the former Packers star quarterback’s company, Favre Enterprises, $1.1 million and that he made an initial repayment of $500,000, but Logan Reeves, a spokesman for the Mississippi Auditor Shad White, said on Tuesday that their office has not heard from Favre since, according to the Associated Press.
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“After the initial media dust-up, he stroked a check for $500 grand and gave a commitment, a voluntary commitment, to repay the rest in the coming months,” Reeves said. “And then that didn’t happen.”
The audit found that the quarterback’s company was paid $500,000 in December 2017 and $600,000 in June 2018 for at least three events he was supposed to attend but didn’t. The auditor’s report said, “Upon a cursory review of those dates, auditors were able to determine that the individual contracted did not speak nor was he present for those events.”
Favre received the money as a part of $94 million in welfare spending reviewed by auditors. The money was earmarked for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
He has not been accused of a crime, but others, such as the former head of the state’s welfare program and some top officials at the Mississippi Community Education Center, have been.
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Favre is also not required to give the money back.
“He’s under no obligation to do so, other than him giving his word,” Reeves said.
