Retired NFL Quarterback Brett Favre Says He Has Parkinson's Disease

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

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00:00Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough

00:04concussion drug I thought would help others.

00:07I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me because I've recently been diagnosed

00:12with Parkinson's.

00:14This is also a cause dear to my heart.

00:16Recently, the doctor running the company pleaded guilty to taking TANF money for his own use.

00:23I believe that I got swept up in a civil lawsuit at the instigation of State Auditor Shad White

00:29an ambitious public official who decided to tarnish my reputation to try to advance

00:35his own political career.