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Florida appeals court ordered full expungement of grand jury report alleging Hope Florida funds were misappropriated
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal ordered a grand jury presentment involving the Hope Florida Foundation expunged in full. The majority held that the grand jury exceeded its authority by alleging a $10 million payment was misappropriated as part of a sophisticated scheme while returning no indictment. It also concluded that the cited Florida settlement statutes did not prohibit the payment because no court action had been filed and the money passed directly from Centene to the foundation rather than becoming state property. The opinion was not yet final pending any authorized rehearing motion.
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Donor relevance
Why this matters
This materially changes the status of one of the most serious claims surrounding the foundation. The court rejected the grand jury’s legal basis for calling the payment a misappropriation and ordered the entire report removed from court records.
Attribution
Who reported or established this
The findings and expungement order were issued by a majority of Florida’s First District Court of Appeal.
Evidence limits
What remains unverified
No Halo has not independently established the full decision-making process behind the foundation’s two subsequent $5 million grants, whether the grants complied with every applicable tax and governance rule, or whether another regulator is examining the transactions. The ruling was not an independent financial audit of the foundation.
Right of reply
Organization response
No direct response from the Hope Florida Foundation was located in the consulted material.
Classification
How No Halo records this event
Event type: Judgment. Current state: Pending. No Halo preserves the current procedural state rather than treating every mention as a finding.
Published October 7, 2026 · Last verified October 8, 2026. See an error or a later outcome? Submit a correction or right of reply.