Brett Favre to Repay $1.1 Million for Speeches He Didn’t Make, Auditor Says

Brett Favre to Repay $1.1 Million for Speeches He Didn’t Make, Auditor Says

The Hall of Fame quarterback was the unknowing recipient of money intended to help needy families in his home state, Mississippi, officials said.

The Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre will repay the state of Mississippi $ 1.1 million in speaking fees for appearances that he has never made, money that should have gone to needy families but was misspent by public officials, the state auditor said on Wednesday.

The auditor, Shad White, said that his office had received a $ 500,000 payment from Mr. Favre on Wednesday and that Mr. Favre, who is from Mississippi, had agreed to pay the balance in installments in the next few months.

He said that Mr. Favre, 50, had no knowledge that the payments that I received in December 2017 and June 2018 from the nonprofit Mississippi Community Education Center had been funded with federal welfare grants.

The nonprofit has been implicated in an extensive fraud scheme involving welfare aid that Mr. White’s office uncovered in a year-end audit. The scheme resulted in criminal charges against six people, including the former director of Mississippi’s welfare agency and three officials from the center. Mr. Favre is not facing charges.

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