Ted DiBiase and sons sued by State of Mississippi for misuse of federal funds

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

Ted DiBiase and his sons Ted Jr. and Brett DiBiase have been sued by the state of Mississippi as the state seeks to reclaim $24 million dollars of misused federal funds meant for welfare.

Mississippi Today (h/t WLOX) is reporting that the DiBiase family have been named in a civil lawsuit by the Mississippi Department of Human Services. 38 people overall are being sued over squandering welfare money meant to address poverty in the state.

The lawsuit alleges that Nancy New and her son Zack New used their nonprofit to illegally funnel 'tens of millions' of dollars into other nonprofits. John Davis, who was then the director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, befriended Ted DiBiase Jr. and elevated him within the department to receive payment from two of the New nonprofits totaling over $3 million dollars in anti-poverty funds. The funds were meant to “address the multiple needs of inner-city youth” despite DiBiase Jr. possessing no qualifications to provide those services in relation to the federal grant called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF.

Davis was reindicted in March on bribery and conspiracy charges. Nancy and Zack New, who recently pleaded guilty on seperate federal charges for using public school funds for their private school, have recieved plea deals in the state welfare fraud case and are cooperating with prosecutors.

Ted DiBiase Jr., the lawsuit alleges, later urged Davis to divert $1.7 million to Ted DiBiase Sr.’s ministry called Heart of David. However, DiBiase allegedly used some of the money for his own personal expenses.

Brett DiBiase, who also received money from two of New's nonprofits, faced criminal charges as a result of his part in the misuse of TANF funds and pleaded guilty to fraud in 2020. He later agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

The lawsuit lists Ted DiBiase Sr. owing $1,971,223, Ted DiBiase Jr. $2,897,487, and Brett DiBiase $824,258.

Others named in the lawsuit include football stars Brett Farve, Paul Lacoste, and Marcus Dupree,

 

[Bobby Barrows]

THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN STRIKES AGAIN

 

[Alexa]

Imagine getting sued by Mississippi of all states

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Imagine getting sued by Mississippi of all states

other way around

edit: wait no, i read it wrong earlier

 

[Canadian Dragon]

pocketing welfare funds is seriously pretty gross though

 

[Rosie]

Disgusting if true.

 

[Chris]

I'm not sure how many of these details are new myself cause I knew all this went down, I didn't realize Ted Jr. was (allegedly) the worst tho and had his hands in this deep

 

[Sky]

He runs a for-profit ministry, you'd be surprised if he wasn't involved in all kinds of fraud

 

[Deezy]

Brett Favre? Say it ain't so

 

[Y2Jayne]

Absolutely sickening if true.

 

[Cwalker]

Yeah I heard about this a while back. Didn’t realize it was this bad though. Hopefully they get what they have coming to them.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Who knew a man who went by "The Million Dollar Man" was actually a terrible person.

 

[Death By Looch]

Damn

 

[King Kota]

Damn IRS must been playing the long con

 

[King Kota]

I'm not sure how many of these details are new myself cause I knew all this went down, I didn't realize Ted Jr. was (allegedly) the worst tho and had his hands in this deep

Went all down hill when that ref tried to fuck on me