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WWE personality Pat McAfee is being sued by NFL great Brett Farve, according to reports by The UK Daily Mail and NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk.
The lawsuit stems from alleged "defamatory allegations" that McAfee, Mississippi Auditor Shad White and NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe have made in regard to Farve being connected to the same Mississippi welfare scandal that PWInsider.com has previously covered in regard to WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase and his family.
A Farve spokesperson told The Daily Mail, "Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee tried to further their careers by making baseless defamatory allegations against Brett Favre."
The Daily Mail article notes:
"Sharpe, a Hall of Fame tight end with the Broncos and Ravens, called Favre a 'sleazeball' on his FS1 show in September while accusing the retired quarterback of knowingly stealing $1.1 million in Mississippi welfare funds in exchange for speeches that he never made. McAfee, a former Colts punter who now hosts a popular SiriusXM podcast, accused Favre of 'stealing from the poor people of Mississippi.' "
Farve stated he did not know the origin of the money paid to him and returned the $1.1 million, but, according to the article, did not return the $228,000 in interest he made from the payment.
The article noted that Farve's lawsuit quoted McAfee as stating about Farve:
"Every time his name gets brought up, we have to mention that he tied the hands of the poor people and took money right out of their pockets."
"[Favre is] certainly in the middle of stealing from poor people in Mississippi right now."
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