Overview
- Jurors deliberated for roughly four hours Friday before clearing DiBiase of 13 charges that included conspiracy, wire fraud, theft and money laundering.
- Prosecutors said his companies received about $2.9 million via sham contracts funded by TANF and TEFAP, alleging spending on personal items such as a lakeside home.
- Defense attorneys argued DiBiase performed contracted work and cast former human services director John Davis as the driving force behind the scheme.
- The acquittal ends DiBiase’s criminal exposure in the case and lifts his bond conditions, and he publicly thanked his legal team and expressed relief.
- The broader investigation has documented about $77 million in misspent TANF funds, led to multiple guilty pleas, and spawned civil suits that name Brett Favre and members of the DiBiase family.