New Report Questions Whether Herschel Walker Exaggerated Company Charitable Donations

Mar. 15, 2025

Herschel Walker.Photo: NBC News

TheTimesreports that Walker’s company, Renaissance Man Food Services (RMSF), once pledged to donate 15 percent of his profits to non-profits including the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Special Olympics, PE4Life Foundation and the Boy Scouts of America.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society said it received $860 from Walker in 2005, $1,000 from RMSF in 2006, and $25 from RMSF in 2009. The Special Olympics declined to comment, while the other organizations said they were unaware of any donations coming from Walker or his company.

The news about the charitable donations is the latest in a long line of controversies for the football legend, whowon a landslide victoryin Georgia’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate, garnering more than 68% of the vote.

Walker hasfalsely claimedhe graduated from the University of Georgia (which he attended before leaving after his junior season to play football professionally in the short-lived United States Football League) and has said in the past that he was “valedictorian of my class.”

He has alsoclaimed to have access to a COVID-killing spraybefore vaccines were rolled out (no such spray exists) and has expressed doubts about human evolution, questioningwhy apes still exist.

In June,The Daily Beastreported that Walker — who has a close relationship with his son Christian — has a second son whom he supports financially but otherwise does not see. Days after confirming his second child, Walker said he has two additional children he had previously not revealed publicly.

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His ex-wife, Cindy, said that he had violent episodes in their marriage, and has claimed Walker held a gun to her head — whichCNN has reportedthat he did not deny, saying he had blackouts and memory loss and did not remember the episodes.

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Recent poll numbers show a neck-and-neck race between Walker, who has never run for elected office before, and Democratic incumbent Sen.Raphael Warnockin a contest that could determine which party controls the Senate.

source: people.com