Brett Favre got help from former Mississippi gov to get volleyball complex built using welfare funds: report

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There’s been a new development in the ongoing Mississippi civil lawsuit regarding Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who is allegedly involved in a welfare fraud case.

Text messages entered the case on Monday, which shows former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant pushed for a volleyball complex to be built at the University of Southern Mississippi using the welfare money, a project the Green Bay Packers legend was heavily invested in, Mississippi Today reported. Favre's daughter played volleyball at USM.

Bryant texted Favre about how to draft a funding proposal that he was pushing on Nancy New, a nonprofit founder who plead guilty in April to misusing public money. Attorneys for New’s nonprofit were the ones who sent in the text messages.

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre attends the game between the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on Sept. 20, 2020. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"Can we help with his project[?]" Bryant asked New in July 2019 about Favre’s volleyball complex at the school. "We should meet soon to see how I can make sure we keep your projects on course."

Bryant reportedly told Favre that he would "handle" the funds being made available despite there being a new director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, as Bryant let John Davis go.

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At least $5 million worth of state funds were raised for the new volleyball stadium at the university, and Bryant denied any involvement in it for years.

New’s guilty plea came on 13 felony