Jackson, Miss., is located in the state of Mississippi. A woman in a Mississippi welfare fraud case said in a court document that she directed more than one million dollars in welfare money to a former football player.
Bryant denies that the accusation is in a filing on behalf of Nancy New, who used to run a nonprofit group and an education company in Mississippi.
The state auditor has called Mississippi's largest public corruption case in the past two decades after the mother and son pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services has a civil case against Mississippi Community Education Center Inc., which was once run by the New family. According to her attorneys, she acted at the direction of MDHS officials in the awarding of contracts.
Mississippi Today, a nonprofit digital news operation that has reported extensively on the welfare scandal, was the first to report on the filing.
She mentioned that Bryant was paid over one million dollars for consideration for Favre to speak at events, keynote speaking, radio and promotional events, and business partner development.
The former governor's spokesman denied the accusations in a statement.
The allegations against Gov. Bryant are not true. The statement said that every claim against these individuals was discovered and prosecuted.
The $1.1 million paid to the retired quarterback was among the misspent welfare funds demanded by the state auditor.
The man has repaid the money that was given to him. He denied the auditor's allegations that he was paid for events he didn't attend because he didn't know the money came from welfare funds. In Mississippi and Wisconsin, where he was a star with the Packers, millions of dollars were given to poor children by his charity.
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