The Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings have seen their former quarterback, Brett Favre, go through a tumultuous time over the last few years.
In January 2019, Brett Favre held a sales presentation at his Mississippi home in order to promote Prevacus. A drug company founded by Jake VanLandingham that had illegally received more than $2 million in welfare funds by the end of that year.
Favre has yet to be officially charged with a crime in connection to this scandal, and soon he may never be.
Former Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre May Walk Away From Scandal
According to A.J. Perez of Mississippi Free Press:
On Wednesday, VanLandingham was indicted, making him the latest person hit with federal charges for alleged involvement in a scheme that saw more than $90 million in diverted Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds—federal money earmarked for the poorest residents of Mississippi, the most impoverished state in the U.S.
Favre is now the only person among the six at that meeting who hasn’t been charged criminally—and the window to charge him if there is any evidence is closing due to the statute of limitations.
“The feds are really taking this one down to the wire,” says Matt Tympanick, a veteran criminal defense attorney who has followed the case closely but is not involved in the proceedings.
The federal investigation remains ongoing, and nailing down how much time is left for prosecutors to indict anyone else is a bit fuzzy.
Experts say statutes of limitations exist for good reason. “It’s about protecting the integrity of the judicial system itself by making sure that trials are brought in a quick and expeditious way,” says William J. Bang, a Virginia-based attorney at PJI Law, LLC. “After time passes, you can have evidence that starts to spoil or gets lost. Witnesses’ recollections start to get hazy.
It gets harder to find people. I think there is a general sentiment that you don’t want something hanging over a defendant’s head forever, but that’s not really why statute of limitations exists. It’s about ensuring that both sides have a fair chance to gather the evidence that they need.”
Despite his ties to misappropriating funds, Favre has denied any wrongdoing during this entire matter.
“I applaud federal prosecutors for their continued work on this case,” state auditor Shad White said in a statement. “I’m grateful for my team at the Auditor’s office and the FBI for digging up the facts related to this case. We will continue to assist federal prosecutors as needed going forward.”
For More Of My Content
Follow me on Twitter at @mcquadewarnold. Reach out to me personally at mcquadewarnold@gmail.com. To read more of our articles and keep up to date, click here! – JOIN OUR FREE FACEBOOK GROUP by CLICKING HERE
