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Sports media star and former NFL kicker Pat McAfee has announced that Brett Favre has officially filed a lawsuit against him.
The news comes nearly three weeks after DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Favre was suing both McAfee and Shannon Sharpe.
Unsurprisingly, McAfee mocked the situation on Twitter before similarly continuing on his self-titled show on Monday.
The former Indianapolis Colts punter took to social media Sunday afternoon of the news with a snippet of the civil case filing along with a gif reading “You got served.”
On Monday morning’s Pat McAfee Show, he added: “Brett Favre officially serviced me.”
McAfee made a joke about the legal documents he received Sunday before a civil case against Favre.
Brett Favre’s lawyer is threatening to bankrupt sports talk show host Pat McAfee (left) over defamation claims, but the YouTuber and former Indianapolis Colts punter remains defiant of a recently filed lawsuit.
McAfee revealed that he received the documents on Sunday, adding ‘here we go!’ before his team cheered in celebration.
The image shows that the hearing will take place in the circuit courts of Mississippi.
Favre is suing McAfee, as well as FS1 personality Shannon Sharpe and Mississippi Auditor Shad White, for ‘defamatory allegations’ made about the Packers legend’s involvement in a $77 million welfare fraud scheme.
“Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee attempted to advance their careers by making unsubstantiated defamatory accusations against Brett Favre,” a spokesperson for the 53-year-old told DailyMail.com on February 9.
McAfee accused Favre of “robbing the Mississippi poor.” Favre’s lawyer, Eric Herschmann, has since threatened to bankrupt McAfee over his comments.
Herschmann, a former adviser to Donald Trump who testified against the former speaker’s January 6 committee of Congress, told The Blaze’s Jason Whitlock that Favre’s defamation suit against McAfee will result in a “millions of dollars” fine.
“If it bankrupts him, then he will have learned a lesson that you don’t try to promote yourself by attacking someone else inappropriately and inappropriately,” Herschmann told Whitlock. Fearless with Jason Whitlock.
Herschmann denied that his client knew the money he received came from funds earmarked for some of the poorest people in Mississippi.
“Brett didn’t steal from the poor,” Herschmann told Whitlock. ‘He did not do it. And the idea that someone who has given as much to Mississippi as Brett has given over the years, and has contributed as much and helped as much as he could, the idea that he would do that is really unfathomable.
The former South Mississippi star is seeking nominal and general damages from all three, “including compensation for damages to Favre’s character and reputation.” It also seeks unspecified punitive or exemplary damages.
Attorney Eric Herschmann (right), a former adviser to Donald Trump who testified against the former president before the January 6 committee of Congress, told podcaster Jason Whitlock (left) that Favre’s defamation lawsuit against McAfee will result in a fine of “millions of dollars”.
Sharpe, a Hall of Fame tight end with the Broncos and Ravens, called Favre a “sleaze” on his FS1 show in September while accusing the retired quarterback of knowingly stealing $1.1 million in welfare funds from Mississippi in exchange for speeches he never made.
Favre is among 38 people or organizations sued by the state in May to recover $24 million from the $77 million welfare plan.
He has not been charged in the case, which has already led to several guilty pleas, and has since returned the $1.1 million. Favre, however, refused to pay the $228,000 in interest that White charged, insisting that he did not know the source of the funds he received.
Previously unearthed text messages from 2017 revealed Favre’s efforts to divert $5 million in welfare to a new volleyball arena for the University of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater, where his daughter was playing the sport at the time. In a message, Favre wondered: ‘Is there any way (sic) that the media can find out where [the money] wine and how much?
Favre has denied knowing the source of the funds.
“No one ever told me, and I didn’t know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me,” Favre told Fox News in an October statement. ‘I tried to help my alma mater USM, a Mississippi public state university, raise money for a wellness center. My goal was and always will be to improve the sports facilities at my university.’
Previously unearthed text messages from 2017 revealed Favre’s efforts to divert $5 million in welfare to a new volleyball arena for the University of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater, where his daughter was playing the sport at the time. In a message, Favre wondered: ‘Is there any way (sic) that the media can find out where [the money] wine and how much?
Favre has denied knowing the source of the funds.
“No one ever told me, and I didn’t know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me,” Favre told Fox News in an October statement. ‘I tried to help my alma mater USM, a Mississippi public state university, raise money for a wellness center. My goal was and always will be to improve the sports facilities at my university.’
As Herschmann threatens to bankrupt McAfee, the popular YouTube host welcomed the legal battle by tweeting a GIF of The Rock doing a “go ahead” wave.
Favre is accused of trying to funnel $5 million into the new complex built at his alma mater, Southern Miss, where his daughter played volleyball in 2018. That scheme allegedly involved Nancy New, who ran a nonprofit in the state and he has since pleaded guilty. to the fraud charges. Text messages purporting to show Favre and New working on the scheme were included in a filing last week. On one in August 2017, Favre texted New and asked, “If you paid me, can the media still find out where it came from and how much?”