Packers legend’s affiliate obtained truthful warning about alleged $70 million fraud 

Information broke earlier this yr that Inexperienced Bay Packers’ legendary quarterback Brett Favre was concerned in a welfare rip-off years in the past. In it, the Corridor of Famer reportedly siphoned, with the assistance of the governor on the time, cash from welfare funds to construct a brand new volleyball stadium for the College of Southern Mississippi.

Nevertheless, months earlier than even the primary shred of stories broke in early 2020, considered one of Favre’s enterprise associates obtained a name about it.

Based on Entrance Workplace Sports activities, the caller alerted the affiliate about each the quarterback and Jake vanLandingham, founding father of a concussion drug firm that lied about its efficacy.

The caller mentioned:

“I wished you to know that Jake and Brett are going to be a part of the largest welfare fraud case within the historical past of the state of Mississippi. It might develop into the largest welfare scandal within the historical past of the nation.”

Entrance Workplace Sports activities confirmed with many sources that the decision did certainly title each events. The decision occurred in 2019 and the primary report that was even remotely related to Favre got here in early 2020.

Many sources, together with the cellphone name, appear to contradict what Favre has mentioned this whole time- that he did not know the cash was from a welfare fund.

Each the quarterback and vanLandingham had been named in a lawsuit earlier this yr that’s searching for to get well all of the incorrectly spent funds, which might whole as a lot as $77 million.

Is Brett Favre going to jail?

There’s purpose to consider, given his function and the alleged textual content messages displaying his information of the crime, that the legendary quarterback ought to go to jail.

He is additionally being sued for his function within the scandal and it does not seem like he is going to have the ability to keep away from punishment.

Nevertheless, given how wealthy and highly effective he’s, jail time does not appear very probably. A wonderful, maybe even the reimbursement of the funds he stole, may be very probably. Time spent behind bars is unlikely given his stature and the character of the case.

With that mentioned, a punishment, possibly even a harsh one, is nearly assuredly on the way in which.