SiriusXM reportedly places former quarterback Brett Favre's NFL show on hold

SiriusXM has enactment Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre's NFL amusement connected clasp owed to his engagement successful an alleged welfare-fraud strategy successful Mississippi, according to reports.

Favre and astir 40 others were sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services successful May for allegedly diverting millions of national payment dollars to money idiosyncratic projects. Favre mightiness person utilized the funds to assistance conception a caller volleyball stadium astatine the assemblage wherever his girl played, according to the Mississippi authorities auditor.

In a series of substance messages released successful a tribunal filing, Favre sought reassurances from a nonprofit enforcement that the nationalist would ne'er larn helium was seeking millions of dollars successful grants from the Mississippi welfare agency.

Favre has denied wrongdoing.

He has hosted the show, "The SiriusXM Blitz With Brett Favre and Bruce Murray," which usually airs connected Tuesdays, since 2018. SiriusXM is not the lone institution distancing itself from Favre, arsenic ESPN Milwaukee announced Saturday that it was temporarily suspending Favre from his play appearances, according to NBC Sports.