A 25-year-old Washington DC lady has filed swimsuit in opposition to Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones, alleging that he's her father, the Dallas Morning Information and ESPN reported on Wednesday.
Alexandra Davis, an aide for US congressman Ronny Jackson, alleges that Jones paid her mom $375,000 in 1996 to maintain silent concerning the little one’s paternity, although Jones didn't admit to being the daddy. Jones additionally allegedly arrange two belief funds for Alexandra Davis by means of an legal professional in Arkansas, the place Cynthia Davis, her mom, lived.
Alexandra Davis is asking the court docket in Dallas county to rule that the settlement between her mom and Jones is unenforceable in Texas and to substantiate that Jones is her father. In accordance with the Morning Information, a listening to is scheduled for 31 March.
“It's laborious to think about what could possibly be much less in the perfect curiosity of a kid than to implement agreements that go away a toddler with no father and which forestall or legally punish a toddler from even stating who her father is,” the lawsuit says.
A spokesman for the 79-year-old Jones declined remark. Cynthia Davis additionally refused to remark to the Morning Information.
Jones has been married to his spouse, Gene, since 1963. They've three youngsters collectively: Stephen, Jerry Jr and Charlotte, who all work for the Cowboys. Cynthia Davis was additionally married on the time of the purported affair however was estranged from her then husband.
The Morning Information reported that Alexandra Davis and her mom starred within the remaining season of a Dallas-area actuality confirmed referred to as Huge Wealthy Texas. On the time, representatives for Cynthia Davis mentioned she was residing off a belief fund. Alexandra Davis grew up within the Dallas space and graduated from Southern Methodist College. Jones has been in touch with Cynthia Davis, however he and Alexandra Davis have by no means met, the lawsuit mentioned.
This isn't the primary time in current months that the Cowboys have been within the information for non-football issues. In February, paperwork obtained by ESPN revealed the Cowboys paid a multimillion greenback settlement to members of their cheerleading squad after allegations that a senior group govt filmed them within the AT&T Stadium locker rooms.
Jones has a internet price of $10.7bn, in accordance with Forbes, together with his holdings headed by the Cowboys. The NFL group is valued by Forbes at $5.7bn, making it probably the most beneficial sports activities group on this planet, with solely New York’s Yankees ($5.2bn) and Knicks ($5bn) additionally price no less than $5bn.
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