Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease

Favre made the disclosure during a congressional committee hearing on Tuesday. 

Brett Favre looks on during the half-time ceremony of a 2019 NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field. Picture: Quinn Harris/Getty Images

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday.

Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in the state and was also an investor in a biotech company with ties to the case. The biotech firm has said it was developing concussion treatments.