Jerry Jones’ jury trial in sexual assault lawsuit delayed

A Dallas County judge has sided with Jerry Jones’ lawyers this week, ruling on a request to delay the Cowboys owner’s trial that was due to begin on March 18. The Texas Supreme Court previously ruled that the sexual assault case may move forward following an appeal by Jones’ attorneys. After the judge’s decision, a new trial date has not yet been set. Jones’s side was hoping to get a delay until at least March of 2025 while he deals with another legal proceeding.

When the case does finally head to trial, the jury will hear the evidence presented against Jones, the Dallas Cowboys Football Club and the National Football League by a woman who alleges the 81-year-old kissed her and “forcibly groped” her in 2018.

Through multiple filings in the lawsuit, the public has learned that more than a dozen figures within the Cowboys organization have sworn affidavits regarding the events of Sept. 16, 2018. In the Tom Landry Room that day were Jones, DeMarcus Lawrence, Tyron Smith, Jason Garrett, Ezekiel Elliott, and Tyrone Crawford, among others.

Lawrence reportedly invited the alleged assault victim, known as J.G., to the game at the stadium that day with her son, who played high school football with the Cowboys defender. In the sworn affidavits, the witnesses involved said they did not see Jones “touch anyone in a way that [they] believe was inappropriate or offensive.”

The woman, identified as J.G., is seeking damages due to “severe emotional distress,” “psychological pain and suffering” and for medical expenses.

Judge rules Jones must submit to paternity testing

Jerry Jones’ attempt to avoid a paternity test in a lawsuit brought forth by a woman claiming to be his biological daughter has failed last week. After hearing from both sides in the case on Feb. 19, a Dallas County judge ruled that Jones must submit to the testing to determine the paternity of Alexandra Davis.

Jones’ attorneys, state Sen. Royce West, Levi McCathern and Charles Babcock, appealed a previous ruling against them, arguing that the Dallas Cowboys team owner had a right to privacy in this matter. However, as Davis attempts to win both the paternity suit and a defamation suit against her alleged biological father, the judge is ruling in her favor. Her lawyers called the decision a “huge victory,” according to the Dallas Morning News.

To try to avoid the paternity test, Jones’ lawyers argued that the 27-year-old woman has a presumed father – the man who was married to her mother when she was born. However, Davis’ attorneys, Kris Hayes and Andrew Bergman, cited a court document from Arkansas that states “in plain and apparent words” that her mother’s husband is not her biological father.

“Alex is in a position where she really no longer has to hide her truth or live under the thumb of fear and maybe she’s going to finally get some peace and we hope other families will have that same benefit from the judge following the law,” Davis’ attorney Kris Hayes said, via DMN.

Davis moving ahead with defamation suit

Davis’ lawsuit, originally filed in March of 2022, follows an agreement between Jones and her mother, Cynthia Davis, that the family would not identify the Cowboys owner as her father. She allegedly received about $3.2 million from her mother’s agreement with Jones, including four years of tuition at Southern Methodist University, trips around the world, and about $70,000 for a Range Rover.

In a separate defamation suit, Davis claims that Jones “initiated a deliberate plan” to portray her as “an ‘extortionist’ and a ‘shakedown artist’” after she initiated a lawsuit to prove that the business magnate is her biological father.