Watch: Brett Favre announces Parkinson’s diagnosis during congressional hearing

Brett Favre announced his Parkinson's diagnosis while testifying before Congress on Tuesday, 24 September.

The former Green Bay Packers quarterback, 54, made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi.

Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid more than $1m in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in the state and was also an investor in a biotech company — which says it was developing concussion treatments — with ties to the case.

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"I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others, and I’m sure you’ll understand why it’s too late for me because I’ve recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s," Favre told the House Ways and Means Committee.