Brete Favre, miembro del Salón de la Fama de la NFL, anuncia que padece Párkinson

El quarterback del Salón de la Fama, anunció durante una audiencia en el Congreso este martes que recientemente le diagnosticaron Parkinson.

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00:00a Southern Miss, yeah, the one that's gotten all the publicity.

00:04I wanted to help my alma mater and benefit the community.

00:07Southern Miss introduced me to the nonprofit to see if they could help with the funding.

00:12I had no way of knowing that there was anything wrong with how the state funded

00:16the project, especially since it was publicly approved by many state agencies and

00:20multiple attorneys, including the attorney general.

00:24Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed

00:27was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others.

00:31And I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for

00:34me because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's.

00:37This is also a cause dear to my heart.

00:40Recently, the doctor running the company pleaded guilty to

00:43taking TANF money for his own use.

00:47I believe that I got swept up in a civil lawsuit at the instigation of

00:51State Auditor Shad White.