It’s the third time the trial has been delayed.
DALLAS — The trial in the sexual assault lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is delayed.
The move marks the third time the trial has been delayed. Dallas County District Judge Aiesha Redmond initially reset the trial from March 18, 2024, to March 3, 2025. The trial was then delayed again to Monday, Aug. 11, court records show.
Thomas Bowers III, an attorney for the plaintiff, said in a statement to WFAA that this is “just another delay tactic for Jerry, who’s trying to run away from facing justice.” He also said he and his client are in it “for the long fight and look forward to their day in court.”
The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County in September 2020 against Jones and the Dallas Cowboys by a woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe, who alleged in the lawsuit that Jones forcibly grabbed her and kissed her on the mouth in September 2018. The initial lawsuit didn’t detail where the alleged incident happened, but in a refiled version of the lawsuit, she alleged it happened in the Tom Landry room at AT&T Stadium. The lawsuit names both Jones and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.
Jones, in previous court filings in the case, has denied the allegations and called the lawsuit “frivolous.”
The lawsuit was dismissed in February 2022, but a state appellate court reversed that decision in February 2023, allowing it to continue. Jones’ legal team then appealed that decision, but the Supreme Court of Texas denied that appeal, allowing it to continue again.