FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2019, file photo, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones waits for the team’s NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. Jones sidestepped the question of whether he would change his policy requiring players for the Cowboys to stand during the national anthem. Still, the owner who has taken the hardest line among his NFL counterparts against protesting racial injustice during “The Star-Spangled Banner” did acknowledge a changing social tide after the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Paul Sancya, STF / Associated PressTexas might finally get its answer as to whether the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is the father of a woman suing him for defamation. Dallas County Judge Sandra Jackson said Jerry Jones must undergo “genetic testing” to determine whether he is the father of Alexandra Davis, according to an order issued Wednesday obtained by MySA.
Kris Belkian Hayes, attorney for Alexandra, said in a statement to MySA that order was a “victory” for Alexandra’s defamation lawsuit. Hayes goes on the say that this step means Alexandra will no longer have to hide her truth.
“Judge Jackson listened to the facts of the case and followed the law,” Hayes says in her statement. “Her ruling makes it clear that being a rich, powerful person does not make you an exception to the law.”
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MySA reached out to Jones’ attorneys who declined to comment.
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The order stems from a defamation lawsuit that Alexandra filed again in November 2023 after her original suit was dismissed in October 2023, according to court records and Dallas station WFAA. Alexandra originally filed a lawsuit in March 2022 claiming Jones was her biological father, according to the Dallas Morning News.
In the 2022 lawsuit, Alexandra claims Jones had a mid-1990s relationship with her mother, Cynthia Davis, that led to her being conceived. Court documents revealed that Jones would financially supported Cynthia and Alexandra as long as he wasn’t publicly identified as her father. Jones allegedly paid Alexandra’s way through SMU as well as $3 million, an attorney who reportedly delivered the payments told ESPN in 2022.
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This defamation lawsuit from Alexandra claims that attorney, Don Jack, as well as Jones and others made comments in that March 2022 ESPN article that were defamatory, referring to her as an “extortionist.”
“Alex has remained poised and strong on this journey while she has been belittled and called names such as ‘extortionist’ by Mr. Jones’ staff in the media,” Hayes says in the statement. “This ruling allows her to step out of the shadows and hold her head up high so finally everyone can see what a truly remarkable young lady she is and what she has endured.”
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