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Jenn Sterger open up on Brett Favre’s Parkinson’s disease:Karma never forgets an address

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Jenn Sterger a former NFL reporter and current comedian who accused Super Bowl champion Brett Favre of sending her wrong text messages and images in 2008 appeared to chalk it up to karma after he made his Parkinson disease announce on Tuesday.

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Favre admitted to sending explicit voicemails to Sterger but not the texts.

He was quarterback of the New York Jets at the time and Sterger was sideline reporter for the team.

Sterger replied to the announcement on her Instagram Stories and took a shot at the Mississippi welfare scandal he had been involved.

Favre spent 16 of his 20 NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons and played with New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings after his time in Green Bay.

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Favre was facing congressional committee to testify about a welfare scandal in Mississippi which he has been involved in more than last several years.

The former NFL quarterback who does not face criminal charges in the matter has repaid over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in state and was investor in biotech company with ties to the case.

He was fined $50,000 for failing to cooperate with NFL investigation into matter.

At the time Favre admitted to sending wrong voicemails to Sterger but not the texts. He was quarterback of the New York Jets at the time and Sterge was sideline reporter for the team.

Favre said he believes he had thousands of concussions during his playing career.

In 2021 he encouraged parents to keep their kid move away from tackle football until age of 14.

He said

“The challenges my family and I have faced over last three years because certain government officials in Mississippi failed to protect federal TANF funds from fraud and abuse and a re unjustifiably trying to blame me those challenges have hurt my good name and are worse than anything I faced in football”

Brett Favre open up during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he was diagnosed with Parkinson disease a degenerative nervous system disorder that cause parts of the brain to deteriorate and affects movement.

Appearing before a House Ways and Mean Committee hearing on welfare reform.

Favre open up about Prevacus a company making a concussion drug that received $2 million of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF funds.

Favre was investor in Prevacus and text messages show the start asking state officials for assistance securing funds for the company in November 2018.