{"id":55854,"date":"2023-02-10T16:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/pat-mcafee-not-shying-away-from-legal-battle-with-brett-favre-lets-ride-this-f-er-55854"},"modified":"2023-02-10T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:30:39","slug":"pat-mcafee-not-shying-away-from-legal-battle-with-brett-favre-lets-ride-this-f-er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/pat-mcafee-not-shying-away-from-legal-battle-with-brett-favre-lets-ride-this-f-er-55854","title":{"rendered":"Pat McAfee not shying away from legal battle with Brett Favre: &#8216;Let&#8217;s ride this f&#8212;er&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre filed a defamation lawsuit earlier this week against Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/shannon-sharpe-apologizes-role-heated-incident-lakers-grizzlies-game-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe<\/u><\/a> and sports podcast host Pat McAfee over Favre&#8217;s alleged involvement in a $77 million Mississippi welfare fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former punter McAfee doesn&#8217;t<\/a> seem too worried about a legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>On his podcast, McAfee made light of the suit, saying all he did was cover the news of the alleged actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m getting sued by Brett Favre. We made it boys \u2026,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We\u2019re lucky to have a little bit of say in sports. We\u2019re thankful that we have the opportunity every day to be a part of the sports media world. And I guess whenever you get a little bit too big, you fly a little bit too close to the sun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Favre, who helped raise money for a University of Southern Mississippi volleyball center, has denied knowing that a $5 million grant came from a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare fund through the Mississippi Community Education Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The state of Mississippi is suing 38 people or companies in an attempt to recoup $24 million of $77 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brett-favre-got-help-former-mississippi-gov-get-volleyball-complex-built-using-welfare-funds-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>federal welfare money<\/u><\/a>, according to a report by Mississippi Today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McAfee said he was sent a letter by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Favre&#8217;s lawyers<\/a> asking to delete videos of him talking about Favre and give Favre a public apology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said, \u2018That is hilarious, of course we\u2019re not doing that&#8217; \u2026 There\u2019s one word I believe that was said off it, on this particular program, if you\u2019re going to watch it all, and that would be \u2018allegedly,\u2019&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our job is to report the news. \u2026 We owe the sports media world our coverage of it. We take our job seriously as journalists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/jets-owner-woody-johnson-doubles-down-search-veteran-qb-says-it-would-create-ideal-situation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JETS\u2019 OWNER WOODY JOHNSON DOUBLES DOWN ON SEARCH FOR VETERAN QB, SAYS IT WOULD CREATE \u2018IDEAL SITUATION\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McAfee is confident he did nothing wrong, and he&#8217;s pumped up for the battle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s ride this f&#8212;er. I&#8217;m excited to see how it goes. I&#8217;ll see you in court, pal,&#8221; McAfee said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Favre received $1.1 million for fundraising, which he reportedly gave to the university to assist in building the volleyball center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Favre has returned the $1.1 million but has yet to pay back the interest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which is why the state is suing him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Joe Morgan contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/pat-mcafee-not-shying-away-legal-battle-brett-favre-lets-ride-this-f-er\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/pat-mcafee-not-shying-away-legal-battle-brett-favre-lets-ride-this-f-er <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre filed a defamation lawsuit earlier this week against Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-55854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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