WASHINGTON ¨C Brett Favre, the former NFL quarterback accused of diverting millions of dollars in U.S. federal money away from welfare recipients, said Tuesday that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson¡¯s disease.
Speaking before the House of Representatives¡¯ Ways and Means Committee in a hearing dedicated to welfare reform, Favre, 54, addressed the controversy that has dogged him since 2020, denying that he knowingly misused federal welfare money. Among the companies that benefited is a pharmaceutical company, Prevacus, that promoted its efforts to find a treatment for concussions.
¡°Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others,¡± he said. ¡°And I¡¯m sure you¡¯ll understand, while it¡¯s too late for me because I¡¯ve recently been diagnosed with Parkinson¡¯s, this is also a cause dear to my heart.¡±
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