Former WWE wrestler Brett DiBiase, son of former WWE wrestler-turned-Evangelical pastor Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to defraud the federal government over his involvement and personal profiting in a sprawling $77 million welfare fund embezzlement scam that has also implicated the elder DiBiase, Brett’s brother Ted Jr, former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, former Republican Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, and dozens of others named in a federal civil lawsuit over the fraud, the Associated Press reports.
Brett DiBiase previously pleaded guilty to state-level charges in December 2020 but his sentencing was delayed after he agreed to cooperate in the ongoing investigation into the massive heist, the details of which are too complicated and fucked up to describe with any sort of brevity. DiBiase personally netted at least $4 million from the federal Temporary Assistance For Needy Families fund disbursed to Mississippi non-profits to spend for its intended purpose but instead went to things like a $5 million volleyball gym for the University of Southern Mississippi while Brett Favre’s daughter was on the team there, luxury travel for former state Human Services Director John Davis, and $160,000 for Brett DiBiase’s stint at a fancy drug rehab center in Malibu, California.