A court filing has revealed Brett Favre pressed Mississippi officials for help to pay for new sports facilities at the University of Southern Mississippi despite being told misuse of state welfare funds could be illegal.
Per ESPN's Anthony Olivieri, the revelation came out in text messages sent over a period of time in 2019 and 2020 that were cited in a court filing.
Then-Mississippi governor Phil Bryant told Favre via text in July 2019 that the founder of a non-profit who paid him "has some limited control over Federal Funds in the form of Grants for Children and adults in the Low Income Community.