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Former US attorney calls Brett Favre ‘driving force’ in Mississippi welfare scandal

01/10/2025despair

A former US attorney who was previously suspected of Mississippi’s misuse of welfare funds called former NFL star Brett Favre the “driving force” behind the scandal.

“Brett Favre’s repeated demands for this grant money were certainly the driving force,” ex-US Attorney Brad Pigott told Sports Illustrated for its in-depth investigation into Favre’s role in the scandal.

Pigott was hired by the Mississippi Department of Human Services to investigate the millions of dollars of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds that the state missed.

However, Pigott was fired last July, shortly after he subpoenaed the University of Southern Mississippi

Former Laundrie family attorney files request for admission to family of Gabby Petito

31/07/2025despair

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Attorneys for Steve Bertolino, the former Laundrie family attorney, have sent a list of questions to the family of Gabby Petito.

Gabby’s family is suing the Laundries for emotional distress in relation to Gabby Petito’s death during a 2021 road trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.

Gabby Petito’s remains were found in a national forest in Wyoming, and her death was ruled by a homicide. The FBI says before taking his own life, Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook he was responsible for his fiancée’s death.

The questions are seeking clarity and include questions for the

Local attorney appears on Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ | News

08/04/2025despair

SEATTLE — A local attorney made an appearance as a contestant on the latest season of Netflix’s Love is Blind.

Zack Goytowski, who worked for the Wenatchee law offices of Kottkamp, Yedinak and Esworthy, went west to film the show in Seattle. Love is Blind features a dating experiment where single men and women who are looking for love get engaged before meeting in person.

before the premiere, Goytowski wrote on Instagram that despite “the beauty of the valley, the limited dating pool and distance from major cities” had his “love life feeling hopeless.”

“If I was going to find

Texas attorney shot by Cheney during 2006 hunting trip dies

05/01/2025despair

Harry Whittington, the man who former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch 17 years ago, has died. He was 95.

Whittington died at his home Saturday in Austin, family friend Karl Rove said Monday.

Before Whittington was thrust into the national spotlight after the accidental shooting, the attorney was long known for helping build the Republican Party in Texas into the dominant political force it is today and for being the man governors went to when they needed to clean up a troubled state agencies.

Rove, an influential Republican strategist and