A woman claiming to be the biological daughter of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had her defamation suit against the 81-year-old dismissed on Wednesday, according to The Dallas Morning News.
The woman, Alexandra Davis, filed two defamation lawsuits against Jones after declaring that the executive’s legal team framed her as an extortionist.
Davis’ story accused the Cowboys’ owner of being her presumed father after he met Davis’ mother in the ’90s.
OXNARD, Calif. – Dallas Cowboys owner and president Jerry Jones during training camp at River Ridge Fields on August 8, 2022. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images)
Davis said Jones was her biological father, adding that Jones paid her mother, Cynthia, $375,000 and set up two trust funds to hide the relationship, which dates back to the 1990s. Jones met Cynthia at the American Airlines ticket counter in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 2022, Davis took major legal action against Jones after learning that Jones and his mother had reached a settlement in which he allegedly agreed to support the family in exchange for “hush money.” She filed another defamation suit in 2023.
“Rather than acknowledging my child or taking the opportunity to get to know him, my father and his associates publicly smeared my reputation and intentions,” Davis said in a statement last year. Ta.
He added, “I'm being falsely accused of 'policing' and 'extortion.' “The truth is, I am a daughter who just wants to acknowledge her father without fear of retaliation. I will not stand by and let my father's actions and words define me and my future.”
According to federal Judge Robert W. Schroeder III, Jones' lawyers argued that Davis was only trying to extort money from Jones and that starting in 2017, he contacted the owner and made Davis his daughter. The company presented a remarkable argument that the company had acknowledged that the company was responsible and had demanded payment. The judge noted that Davis “demanded money from Jones in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.”
The judge announced on Wednesday: “Based on these facts alone, and in combination with all the communications they had, it appears that the defendants believe that the plaintiffs' actions were a 'shake-up' for financial gain. It cannot be assumed that he acted with actual malice in characterizing the incident as an 'attempted knockdown.' ”
Ms. Jones' attorney, Donald T. Jack, previously addressed the allegations against Mr. Davis' client, saying the woman paid money (approximately $20 million) to “Ezekiel Elliott” or “Dak Prescott” to hush up the accusations. He said he requested it.
The woman's lawyers announced they would appeal Judge Schroeder's ruling.
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