REPORT: Brett Favre’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Shannon Sharpe Takes A Strange Twist
Brett Favre and Shannon Sharpe (Photos via Getty Images)
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has refused to quit in his effort to win a defamation lawsuit against fellow football legend and Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe.
Last year, Brett Fave filed a defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe and sports personality Pat McAfee following comments they made about his welfare case in Mississippi.
Sharpe stated on an episode of “Undisputed” with Skip Bayless that Favre “stole money from people that really needed that money.” On his shown, McAfee called Favre a “thief” and stated that he stole “from poor people in Mississippi.”
In Sept. 2022, it was reported that Favre received millions of dollars in welfare money from the state of Mississippi to help fund a volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater. Favre’s daughter, Breleigh, also played volleyball at the school.
“Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases.
Favre’s lawyer, Amit Vora, told three 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in New Orleans that the lawsuit should be revived, arguing that Sharpe accused Favre, who has not been charged with a crime, of theft.”