Brett Favre’s lawyer sounds ready for a fight with Pat McAfee. Eric Herschmann was a guest this week on The Blaze TV’s Fearless with Jason Whitlock. He told Whitlock that he is ready to see the former NFL punter in court.
Herschmann and Favre filed three defamation suits last week. McAfee, FS1’s Shannon Sharpe, and Mississippi State Auditor Shad White are the defendants.
“It’s obvious when you listen to Pat McAfee, he never read any of the complaints,” Hershmann told Whitlock. “He didn’t read the motion to dismiss. He just decided to get on his show and get as much attention as he could.”
According to Herschmann, McAfee accused Brett Favre of “stealing from poor people”. The funds he advocated go towards a new volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi came from the state’s welfare fund.
Favre has claimed that he had no way of knowing that was the case. Adam Ganucheau of the nonprofit media outlet Mississippi Today published text messages in September that shows Favre was concerned about the media finding out where the money from the project had come from, although he never specifically mentions that the money was initially intended for welfare recipients.
Herschmann said that he was taken aback by Pat McAfee essentially challenging Favre on his show after the lawsuits were filed. On Friday, McAfee said “see you in court, pal” while discussing the upcoming legal battle.
“He — contrary to what Shannon Sharpe was probably told, that it is a good time to keep your mouth shut — decided to go on and speak again and make a joke that he doesn’t have a lawyer and that his wife says he is really terrible about apologizing,” Herschmann said. “Well, I can guarantee to you the jury in Mississippi will make certain he learns how to apologize.”
Herschmann made a bold prediction about the outcome of the case. He said that this will cost Pat McAfee “millions of dollars” and that “if it bankrupts him, then he will learn his lesson about you don’t try to promote yourself by inappropriately and improperly attacking somebody else.”
