The state of Mississippi’s ongoing civil case regarding misspent welfare dollars took a turn Monday when text messages appeared to reveal that NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre and former Governor Phil Bryant conspired to redirect funds meant to help the poor in order to build a new volleyball facility at the pair’s alma mater.

“I was failed by the system. I literally lost organs,” 17-year-old Chloe Cole recently told the New York Post. At the age of 12, Cole said she decided that she was transgender. The following year, she told her parents, who allowed her to be placed on puberty blockers and testosterone medication. At 15, she continued her transition by undergoing a double mastectomy.