Brett Favre is the latest athlete to get Netflix’s Untold treatment, and if the trailer is any indication, he probably won’t be tuning into his episode to relive the sexting scandal.
“Brett Favre was a cult-like, iconic figure,” a narrator says in the teaser, dropped by the streaming service on Tuesday, April 29. “People say he was a football God. … There are a lot of reasons why you might question Brett Favre’s inner goodness.”
Untold: The Fall of Favre will explore the NFL quarterback’s alleged pursuit of Jenn Sterger, a New York Jets team reporter, from his one season on the New York team in 2008. Sterger is heavily featured in the trailer.
“Brett Favre ultimately destroyed my life,” Sterger says in the clip. “I was at a game and someone said Brett Favre wanted my phone number. And I just kept saying no. I started getting text messages. Then I started getting voicemails, when I was like, ‘Oh, I’m in serious trouble here.’”
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Sterger then plays an apparent voicemail where Favre said, “I could come over tonight.”
According to ESPN, an NFL investigation into Favre led to the athlete being fined $50,000 for “failure to cooperate,” saying in a statement at the time that Favre was “not candid in several respects during the investigation resulting in a longer review and additional negative public attention for Favre, Sterger and the NFL.” Favre didn’t comment at the time.
The doc will also explore Favre’s alleged involvement in a Mississippi welfare case, during which he testified that he was misled by public officials when he received funds allegedly designated for welfare families to construct a volleyball arena at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi.
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“Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that he got caught up in a federal, welfare investigation scandal,” a talking head in the trailer says.
Director Rebecca Gitlitz previously spoke out in a statement, stating that “making this film on Brett Favre for this series felt like the worlds were aligning.”
“This story about one of the greatest quarterbacks in history goes beyond touchdowns and epic wins and lifts the lid on how when fame rises, sometimes accountability falls,” Gitlitz said. “It was made with the intention of laying out patterns of behaviors, told from the people who lived with the consequences of Favre’s actions, to ask audiences to consider if success should be a shield for harmful behavior. Ultimately, the film challenges all of us to consider when we let our heroes go too far, who is to blame? And when the dust settles, can we have honest conversations about the humanity of all of those involved.”
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Untold: The Fall of Favre starts streaming on Netflix May 20.
