Mark Gastineau Sues ESPN for $25 Million Over Edited Brett Favre Confrontation Video

The former NFL star claims ESPN used footage without consent and misrepresented his encounter with Brett Favre in a documentary, causing reputational harm.

Mark Gastineau filed a $25 million lawsuit against ESPN, alleging the network aired an edited video of his 2023 confrontation with Brett Favre without his consent.
The video, included in ESPN's '30 for 30' documentary 'The New York Sack Exchange,' showed Gastineau confronting Favre over a controversial 2002 play that cost him the NFL single-season sack record.
Gastineau claims the video omitted a handshake between him and Favre, portraying the encounter as more aggressive than it was and leading to social media backlash.
The lawsuit argues that ESPN breached their agreement by failing to seek approval for the video's use and editing, which Gastineau says damaged his reputation.
Brett Favre has publicly stated that the moment was private and should not have been filmed or released, while ESPN has declined to comment on the lawsuit.