New Details: Brett Favre- Drug Companies Tied Into Welfare Fraud Situation

New information has been made public on the welfare fraud incident that made former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre the target of controversy.

What is the Mississippi welfare fraud scandal?

Brett Favre, a former quarterback for the Green Bay Packers who left the NFL in 2010, has recently acquired media attention, but for all the wrong reasons this time. He was recently implicated in a scandal involving the University of Mississippi’s construction of a volleyball facility using welfare funds.

The $20 million sought in the lawsuit represents just a small part of the misspent welfare funds. Mississippi leaders believe that up to $100 million were misused over the course of several years.

Favre is arguing that he is innocent and that he was unaware that the money came from welfare. However, two concussion medicine businesses Favre has sponsored are now embroiled in a welfare issue, according to Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN.

Jake VanLandingham, the creator of Prevacus and PresolMD, reportedly had to deal with “significant” indebtedness in recent years, and it is claimed that each business got more than $2.1 million in Mississippi welfare payments.

According to reports, Favre has invested $1 million in the businesses, making him the biggest outside investor in Prevacus.

“I had no idea this was welfare money,” VanLagingham said to ESPN, “and I’ve always been an upstanding person when it comes to research.” Although Favre hasn’t commented, it appears like things are just getting worse for the once-loved quarterback.

Why is Brett Favre in trouble?

At first glance, it appeared like Favre’s incident just involved the University of Mississippi. Even if Favre’s cryptic text messages asking for the media to find out where the monies originated from made it less likely that he was oblivious of the funds coming from welfare, it would be simpler to recover when only one entity is involved. However, it appears that as more links are formed, and Favre is linked to them, the web is expanding.

Favre previously claimed that he contributed $1 million of his own money to the companies, but he has yet to comment on this latest development in the benefit fraud case.

Concussion drug companies face scrutiny!

The two businesses were attempting to create a cream to lessen or prevent concussions, as well as a nasal spray to aid in concussion treatment. Although VanLandingham and Favre advertised the medications on several television and radio shows, it was found that no real human studies had been done to determine their efficacy.

VanLandingham is now claiming that he never intended for people to infer that he was saying that the pills would be effective on humans—only that he predicted they would be—because the drugs were tested on rats.

Even though the medication had not been thoroughly studied on humans, ESPN found several interviews in which VanLandingham and Favre administered the cream to themselves and discussed the procedure for treating a concussion.

 

 

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