Pat McAfee seeks dismissal of Brett Favre's defamation suit against him, asks QB for charity donation instead
Favre is alleged to have received welfare funds
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pat McAfee announced via Twitter Friday that he filed for a dismissal of Brett Favre's defamation lawsuit against McAfee.
Favre filed complaints against Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe and McAfee over Favre’s alleged involvement in a $77 million Mississippi welfare fraud case.
The former NFL player turned podcast host said Favre's suit was "a joke. A fugazi. A rib."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"When you read the publicly available filings in the lawsuit against Favre, all of the articles (FROM EVERY NEWS SOURCE THAT HAS BASICALLY EVER EXISTED), evidence, and damning facts of the very sad Welfare Fraud Scandal of Mississippi (new things are still being presented and revealed weekly), a "defamation" lawsuit from a public figure in sports who is in the middle of it all against a comedic sports show seems a bit bananas… that’s because it is.. B-a-na-na-s," he said in his tweet.
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Pat McAfee attends SiriusXM's "Busted Open" in New York City on the eve of WrestleMania 35 on April 6, 2019, in New York City. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
"As I’ve had to learn more about all of this.. and experience it from this angle. I’ve come to realize that historically, this will go down as a rather notable attack on the first amendment AND on comedic relief as a whole in our society. I have faith that the Federal Judge assigned to this case will see this for what it was, an attempt by a Public Figure to silence folks from talking about their alleged horrendous transgressions. That’s not how America works.. or supposed to work, at least."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In February, McAfee disputed defaming Favre.
"There’s one word I believe that was said off it, on this particular program, if you’re going to watch it all, and that would be ‘allegedly,’" he said at the time. "Our job is to report the news. … We owe the sports media world our coverage of it. We take our job seriously as journalists."
Former NFL player Brett Favre attends SiriusXM At Super Bowl LVI Feb. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM )
Rather than continuing a fight in court, McAfee challenged the Hall of Fame quarterback to donate to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation in Mississippi.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Let’s help out the next generation of Mississippians together. Let’s give some support to the citizens of your state who might need it a little bit, and let’s make something positive out of this sad clown show of a defamation suit with no merit."
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Brett Favre speaks onstage at SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV Jan. 31, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM )
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The FBI initially looked into Favre back in September.
Fox News' Joe Morgan contributed to this report.