Brett Favre is dragging Pat McAfee and Shannon Sharpe to court docket … suing the ultra-popular sports activities analysts after he says they made feedback about him that had been false and defamatory.
Favre filed the lawsuits earlier this week in Mississippi — naming state auditor Shad White as a defendant in one of many fits as properly.
The Green Bay Packers legend claims within the fits all three defamed him when speaking about his alleged position in a welfare funds scandal in Mississippi.
Favre mentioned McAfee made a few of the remarks on his podcast, alleging the previous NFL punter mentioned the ex-QB was “stealing from poor people in Mississippi.”
The Hall of Famer claimed Sharpe muttered defamatory feedback on his FS1 present — when he mentioned Sharpe referred to as Favre a “sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low.”
As for White, Favre says the Mississippi official has “shamelessly and falsely” attacked him for months “in a brazen attempt to leverage the media attention generated by Favre’s celebrity to further his own political career.”
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FYI, White and his workplace had been those who initially found the alleged misuse of welfare funds, claiming over $70 million meant to go towards the needy in Miss. truly went elsewhere — together with to Favre in addition to initiatives intently related to the Hall of Famer.
Favre, although, has denied any wrongdoing within the case … insisting again in September, “I have done nothing wrong.”
Favre is suing the trio for unspecified damages.
A spokesman for the State Auditor’s workplace mentioned Thursday in response to the fits that “everything Auditor White has said about this case is true and is backed by years of audit work by the professionals at the Office of the State Auditor.”
McAfee tweeted a Dave Chappelle GIF in response to the fits. Sharpe, in the meantime, has but to touch upon all of it.