A few months ago, Pat McAfee happily announced that he and an auditor from Mississippi were being sued by Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre in a defamation lawsuit. McAfee said that he received a pair of letters from New York lawyers warning him to remove the content from his video library discussing the civil lawsuit involving Brett Favre, but he would decline.
McAfee decided to go through the court process so that Favre and his team knew that there was no malicious intent behind the jokes that were said on The Pat McAfee Show.
On Thursday, McAfee announced that Favre has dropped the case.
“As I have previously stated, I respect the hell out of Brett Favre the football player, and his Hall of Fame career on the field, and I have no personal knowledge about any case involving Brett in Mississippi,” McAfee said. “I am pleased to report that based solely on me again clarifying these points now, with no settlement paid, Brett is withdrawing his suit against me.”
Hours later, Favre would release a statement as well.
“I’m happy that Pat McAfee and I have settled this litigation.”
“Like Pat said,” Favre added in a statement on Twitter, “he was attempting to be funny and not commenting based on any personal knowledge. We’d both much rather talk about football.”
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According to Favre’s lawsuit, McAfee presented “outrageous falsehoods” about Favre on his show while commenting on his welfare scandal, including calling Favre’s actions “stealing from poor people in Mississippi.” Favre was mentioned in a civil action filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services alleging that millions of dollars were diverted from state assistance programs.
In addition to McAfee, Favre filed a separate defamation claim against Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe, who now co-hosts “Undisputed” on FS1. The status of Favre’s lawsuit against Sharpe is unknown, other than that it is still pending.
