Woman drops paternity lawsuit against Jerry Jones, but requests DNA testing
The paternity lawsuit filed against Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been dismissed, but the woman who filed the suit still wants a DNA test to find whether or not Jones is her father, according to court records filed Wednesday.
The dismissal came a day before the court was expected to hear a motion from Jones’ attorneys to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning it could later be refiled.
The Dallas Morning News reported Alexandra Davis will seek genetic testing to prove that Jones is her father.
The lawsuit filed March 3 sought an advisory opinion saying that Alexandra Davis is not bound by a deal her lawyers say her mother signed for financial support in exchange for a promise to never disclose Jones as Davis’ father. The agreement, the lawsuit claimed, requires Davis and her mother to never reveal that Jones is her father.
Davis, a 25-year-old aide to U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Amarillo), said in the suit she has only ever revealed Jones as her father during an FBI security clearance check to work in former President Donald Trump’s White House, saying in the suit she was under oath during an interview with the FBI and had no choice but to identify Jones.
Jones’ lawyers claimed in a legal response submitted to the court that all the allegations in the lawsuit are false and that the court does not have the power to release Davis from the settlement because it doesn’t exist. His attorneys demanded “strict proof” of every one of Davis’ claims.
The court was set to hear that argument Thursday from Jones’ lawyers.
But the case was dropped Wednesday after Davis said she will instead seek to legally establish Jones is her father.
“Alexandra has just decided that she wants to go ahead and proceed with parentage and DNA testing,” Jay Gray, one of Davis’ lawyers, told the Dallas Morning News. “She wants to remove any doubts that Jerry’s her father.”
This story was originally published April 20, 2022 at 9:31 PM.