Brett Favre suing Shannon Sharpe, Pat McAfee for saying he was ‘stealing from the poor people of Mississippi’

Brett Favre is firing up the lawyers and going after a couple of big-named sports media personalities for what he says is defamation regarding the scandal that he has been embroiled in regarding misappropriation of welfare funds in Mississippi.

Per reports, Favre is suing Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe, who stars opposite Skip Bayles on FS1′s ‘First Take,’ and radio host and ultra-popular Pat McAfee for defamation of character.

“Shannon Share and Pat McAfee tried to further their careers by making baseless defamatory allegations against Brett Favre,” a spokesman for the quarterback reportedly told Dailymail.com.

Favre is also reportedly suing Mississippi State auditor Shad White.

That state is reportedly in the process of suing Favre in an attempt to recover the misspent welfare funds.

“Shad White, the State Auditor of Mississippi, has carried out an outrageous media campaign of malicious and false accusations against Brett Favre — the Hall of Fame quarterback and native son of Mississippi — in a brazen attempt to leverage the media attention generated by Favre’s celebrity to further his own political career,” Favre’s complaint reportedly reads. “By shamelessly and falsely attacking Favre’s good name, White has generated national media attention he previously could have only dreamed of, including appearances on television shows on CNN and HBO, a popular ESPN podcast, as well as interviews for print media and online media. None of these national media outlets would have paid White the slightest attention had he not been attacking Favre. White has acknowledged this, admitting that his own wife was ‘shocked’ by his appearance on the ESPN Daily Podcast.”

White responded through his media relations director, Fletcher Freeman.

“Everything Auditor White has said about this case is true and is backed by years of audit work by the professionals at the Office of the State Auditor. It’s mind-boggling that Mr. Favre wants to have a trial about that question. Mr. Favre has called Auditor White and his team liars despite repaying some of the money our office demanded from him. He’s also claimed the auditors are liars despite clear documentary evidence showing he benefitted from misspent funds. Instead of paying New York litigators to try this case, he’d be better off fully repaying the amount of welfare funds he owes the state.”

Per reports, Favre is suing McAfee saying that he accused the quarterback of “stealing from the poor people in Mississippi.”