Jackson Jambalaya

Paint me shocked.....

SMH

When the prosecutors called this a “lonely hearts club” scam, it was clear they were throwing things against the wall, hoping for a sticky verdict!

Good work if you can get it or steal enough to pay for good council.

i am hiring Scott Gilbert and Sidney Lampton if ever i was to do a boo boo.

Mississippi is still burning....

Crime pays well!!!!

Will any high-level persons be held accountable for misdirecting federal funds? (with this verdict, very unlikely, that's sad).

The core of the issue is the Fed's use of "block grants" with little or no control. It's taxpayer money regardless of the source.

Maybe now all of you jackholes whining about who is not being prosecuted can take an honest look at your many hours of impotent rage and try to do something more productive.

Anyone can speculate about who may or may not have done something shady or unethical. Obtaining a conviction is a different matter.

Get off the couch and do something with your life.

This trial was a waste of tax payer dollars.

I think the charges here were a bit of a reach. Prosecutors were going to have to prove that DiBiase was knowingly participating in the scheme, which is going to be hard to do when you don’t control the money. When Nancy New said on the stand that DiBiase always did what was asked of him, it is difficult to prove it was a no show job.

A contract is only as good as the enforcer, and the enforcer was more worried about being a friend than a boss. You can be contractually obligated to perform a service, but if you are never required to deliver… eh. It’s breach, yes, but the person who was in charge of enforcing the terms and conditions wasn’t all that interested in results.

That being said, the misuse of welfare funds is disgusting, and those running and directing the scheme should be severely punished. You’ll always have a problem tying the beneficiary to the crime. It would be akin to charging a USM volleyball player for playing at Philbilly-Favre Volleyball Welfare Arena.

"Not guilty" is not the same as "innocent." It just means that the government did not prove their case.

Hey KF: What impact, if any, does this verdict have on any potential prosecution of Bryant and Favre?

Will he still be known as the "former professional wrestler?"

In the pro wrestling parlance, Teddy Jr. found him a money mark and he did what he had to do to keep the money mark throwing money his way. While ethically questionable, for sure, it wasn't him throwing the money at himself.

It seems you can commit fraud and have no consequences. Sounds like more people should get in on the new money making venture. Just need to establish a shell company before deciding which Ferrari I will be buying first.

Seems like a civil suit is the logical next step.

following laws is for the poors lol

Wonder if DiBiase is going to file any type of defamation lawsuit against Shad

The losers are the poor people of Mississippi who got nothing for millions spent "for services" supposedly intended for their benefit. They get to be called lazy and shiftless and a waste of taxpayer money while grifters live the high-life and laugh on the taxpayers dime. And the beat goes on....

If someone can use welfare money to build an indoor volleyball stadium...

He sure wrestled his way out of these charges.

well, now he can get back in character, go on TV ,and cut a good promo.

So, in other words, 'Pro Wrestling' is a male whorehouse, about like the Playboy Mansion peddled women - uh - I mean a "lifestyle"? Throw enough money (in this instance, taxpayers' money), and you get access to the Wrestlers/Playmates?

Gilbert had the prosecution on the ropes since the beginning. Anyone following this saw it coming.

No justice. No peace

Will this be the same team prosecuting Antard and Jodie? Oh man Jimmy you are going to be worthless for a week drunk as shit when they walk free 😂

Better get someone to hold on to your guns for you!
You are going to be too depressed to live!

It’s been this way since the Cold War. Smart people go into PoliSci and study under retired civil servants who will invite you into the secret societies that really control things. And it ain’t the freemasons. They are for the blue color sheep.

Maybe he can get a job selling insurance or something. It is still hard to believe Bryant did not know what was going on.

The AG’s office signed off on the use of TANF funds for the volleyball arena, It’s disgusting that the funds were used for that purpose, but there is nothing to prosecute. USM should have refused the money once this was known, as they could have easily raised it.

The only issue with Favre is paying interest on the funds he possessed for doing nothing. He already repaid the funds, just not the interest that State law says he owes.

Phil was the puppet master for his friends and alma mater.

OJ again!

(Money, money, money, money, money...)
Everybody's got a price
Everybody's gonna pay
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
Because the Million Dollar Man...
Always get his way
(Money, money, money, money, money...)

Minnesota got nothing over Mississippi during the Bryant years.

Anyone who knows the history of this country knows that if you want to steal and get away with it steal from the poor. Problem is, they seldom have any money. But if they do there is nobody to protect them. The law is not meant for them. However stealing from the rich will get you in some serious trouble. The law is to protect them. That's fact. Congrats to Teddy on understanding the situation.

3:29 Not the same team.

Does this mean John Davis will finally serve time or is that just a fiction?

Does this mean Ted gets to keep the house?

How does this affect the feds wanting to recoup the wasted funds?

Shad starts crying in 3,2,1.......

Wait till Favre's lawyer gets his ass on the stand.

watch the channel 16 news and listen to all his glory , say hallaluya praise the lord testimony.

his father , the original million dollar man sr , had turned into a preacher with a non profit ministry.........

so take a guess where JUNIOR LEARNED the business of getting his hands on federal grants using a non profit ministry.

Well played.

I'm shocked, but not all that surprised. If i were on this jury, and had to keep showing up for a week here, and a week there, only hearing testimony for a couple of hours a day, I would be, umm, perturbed, to say the least and just want to be done. I dont think the prosecution did a good enough job of showing that "the contract says he was required to do A, B, C and D, yet he only did C and got paid exorbitantly." If they can't show that he didn't complete the scope of work or there was no scope of work; then there's no crime.

Wasnt the making public of those text messages enough punishment for Ted?

Unless there's a new sugardaddy on the horizon, I'm thinkin' the Wall-o'-crosses on the patio, will be coming down. New "mentors" are unlikely, considering what stress, tanning beds, and carbs seem to have done to the wrestler's skin. He's still got the upper body mass, and the gut is not a dealbreaker. But those PORES...

Used to be, I thought the diBiase's Kelly-Klein-style crosses patio display (Calvin's odious "wife" started the trend, a quarter-century back: she thought crucifixes were quaint anachronisms) was for warding-off the Reservoir's various flocks of vampires. Now, though, I'm thinkin' the crosses are for keeping the Vamps CONFINED within the house.

Vampires suckin' the lifeblood of Mississippi's taxpayers...

Thank you 2:13, well said. I knew someone would take a shot at Phil.

Good luck in Minnesota lol, this incompetent administration can’t secure a conviction in the Mississippi

3:36pm correct the AG signed off on the volleyball court! And I surmise the AG job is to look over all contracts especially million dollar ones. Now do y’all think the Governor would allow one of his Agency Heads to give away that kind of monies to anyone without getting anything in return?
This whole matter is sad and stinks! This shigity probably happens in all state agencies they just haven’t been caught yet.
As I said in many comments, I’ve made regarding this subject, former MDHS Director John Davis is probably the scape goat and not the mastermind.
John is it worth doing time for someone that gave you the green light? Now this is just my uneducated and ignorant opinion!
As Sergeant Hans George Schultz from Hogan Heroes would say, I Know Nothing!

Is a dumb ass uneducated jury.

Yea especially when you have a jury that has NO common sense.

The jury was uneducated

Does DiBiase get his house and boat back?

Smells like home cooking to me

Shad really dropped the ball on this one.

His Reunion home was forfeited and sold twice.

Ding Ding. I was right. Shad White’s involvement in the TANF fraud will allow all to walk. I hear civil is coming but this is MS where the politics are decided before Election Day. FACT: the poor in Mississippi continues to be eaten by those who have everything. Until Mississippians get tired of this and want to change, it will continue. I’m ready for the Fed to cut the state off but that won’t happen. We have Cindy Hyde smith who is trumps token woman and Bennie Thompson if we don’t like her. Dang this state flourishes in intelligence! From the history of past elections, (Cochran was predetermined his last election knowing he could not make it through the term) Shad White is toast in MS. He is not part of their establishment.

Lots of posters obviously only wanting a head to roll. Why not this defendants'. The answer to why not is that he did not knowingly participate in this fraud and that was shown to the jury. He did what he was told to do. He, like others, felt confident (who wouldn't) if the grant holder, the agency head, the Attorney General and the Governor were all signing off and glad handing these disbursements of grant money, then it was fine.

The rest of you can keep salivating and disregarding the evidence presented in court.

Somebody posted that 'now the others can be sentenced'. What's this verdict got to do with sentencing those who pleaded guilty? Nothing.

"Seems like a civil suit is the logical next step."

"Logical"? That's silly. Against whom, by whom?

DiBiase: "I want my shack back Jack."

I’m pretty sure that the other defendants who were pressured into pleading guilty wished they had waited. Shad’s witch hunt to protect his benefactor and try to prove he is governor material, was shot to hell. Good.

Sounds like you should never sit on a jury. I suppose when a crime happens to you, you would be more interested in the jury wanting to hear the evidence instead of just wanting to get out of there.

Remember wrestlers have brains that have been scrambled a bit. The state couldn't prove that DiBiase had any criminal intent.

True dat.

9:20am

The verdict is guilty for who is a humongous pile of poo. Who bought the biggest house in reunion with welfare dollars? Who was sexting some sad man for money? Who thought paying Marine 2 for state employees?

He can walk free. We know the truth and that stank ain’t coming off.

If the “state” were to get $ back u think they wouldn’t just sponge it up or flush down another commode? Think we need an accounting from them.

Need to bring RICO charges against all the State Government Elected Officials involved during these giveaways. They think they are invincible!

Send them all to Iran wearing MAGA hats/shirts.

This was a "sweetheart" contract, or a "Good old boy" contract.. Call it whatever you like, but there was no review and approval clause for services rendered. If that had been included in the services contract, then Ted's work would have been reviewed before payment and the fraud might have been avoided. As the contract was written, Ted did whatever he wanted and submitted bills that were quickly paid. In court, he successfully defended his work, pitiful as it was and showed that "Technically" He met the contract requirements. Slick work if you can get it. Whoever wrote the contract needs to spend time in Jail. Ted simply proved the old "You knew I was a snake when you picked me up" line of defense is technically true.

Shad White should be in jail. If the civil trial gets going now, he just may end up there.

State equivalent of crazy money.

I don't know the answers to your questions. Perhaps you will share them. Or not.

What's the bullshit about the house in Reunion, sexting and Marine 2. Will there be a paperback novel?

Sadly, I think you're right. But now, in light of those amorous text messages referenced by 6:22PM, I'm wondering whether PROSTITUTION charges might be next. Those texts read exactly like what himbos and their johns say to each other.

Lol, how in the Name of God does DiBiase being found not guilty mean Shad White should be in jail? Some of y'all have some serious SDS.

Here’s how Teddy spent the free money.

https://www.wlbt.com/2026/03/17/ted-dibiase-jr-spent-welfare-money-14-million-home-boat-tractor-prosecutors-say/

Text messages reported on here.

https://www.wapt.com/article/intimate-texts-shared-in-dibiase-welfare-fraud-trial-i-will-freaking-die-for-you/70498017

Thank you, 2:54, for that mention of 'Marine 2'! I looked-it-up, and see that our hero starred in that one. And I saw a picture of someone with a lifesize photo cutout of him: perfect for putting on the back of your RV - propped up by the mandatory Yeti cooler, of course - whilst driving around Reunion!

That'd get you more action than wearing a lei of upside-down miniature pineapples.

He’s free to have conjugals with Davis

Federal Grants to the state or directly to a contractor requires a statement of work/services to be performed require monthly reports of funds expended & work accomplished. Where was
the Federal government in managing the grants- asleep at the wheel.

The Feds demanded that MS repay $101 million of misspent funds but later rescinded the request to give MS more time to produce records that might lower the amount to be repaid.

to 5;37....., 99% of all government employees from local to federal are asleep at the wheel.
you didn't know that?
now you know.