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Coverage dated October 30, 2023

Judge dismisses Brett Favre defamation suit, saying Shannon Sharpe used hyperbole over welfare money

Headline from WTHR Indianapolis

Favre sued Sharpe in February, saying that the fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member made “egregiously false” statements about him on a sports talk show.

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  1. WTHR Indianapolis

    Judge dismisses Brett Favre defamation suit, saying Shannon Sharpe used hyperbole over welfare money (opens WTHR Indianapolis)

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    Favre sued Sharpe in February, saying that the fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member made “egregiously false” statements about him on a sports talk show.

  2. Courthouse News Service

    Brett Favre defamation claim spiked (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    HATTIESBURG, Miss. — A federal court in Mississippi found in favor of Shannon Sharpe, former NFL tight end and cohost of a daily sports debate show on ESPN, on former Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit over Sharpe’s comments regarding Favre’s involvement in a welfare fraud scanda…

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Judge dismisses Brett Favre’s defamation suit against talk show host (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Brett Favre sued ex-NFLer Shannon Sharpe after the Fox Sports talk show host criticized Favre's connection to a welfare misspending case in Mississippi.

  4. Reason

    Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre's Defamation Lawsuit Against Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe Thrown Out (opens Reason)

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    From today's decision by Judge Keith Starrett (S.D. Miss.) in Favre v. Sharpe: This dispute in this case arises from...

  5. NBC News

    Brett Favre defamation suit against Shannon Sharpe is dismissed (opens NBC News)

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    U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled that Sharpe was using “rhetorical hyperbole” in saying on air that Favre was “taking from the underserved.”

  6. Black Enterprise

    Brett Favre Lawsuit Dismissed, Shannon Sharpe Cleared (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Federal judge dismisses Brett Favre lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe stating that Sharpe's were constitutionally protected speech.

  7. AL.com

    Judge dismisses Brett Favre defamation suit against Shannon Sharpe over welfare case comments (opens AL.com)

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    U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled that Sharpe was using “rhetorical hyperbole."

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