Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has countersued the woman who claims to be his daughter. The case will now be heard in federal court later this month.
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that a jury is scheduled to hear a case in which the Cowboys owner claims that a woman and her daughter breached a contract over their claims that he is the younger woman’s biological father.
Alexandra Davis, who alleges that she is Jones’ daughter, tried to sue him for defamation, claiming that he and his lawyer carried out a “false and purposeful character assassination attack” after she had sued to establish paternity. A judge later partially dismissed the lawsuit, which was refiled in November and dismissed again in March.
Jones’ lawyer, Chip Babcock, says his client looks forward to settling the matter later this month.
“It’s a case where the judge has given it very, very thorough and careful attention, and we’re looking forward to trying the case not as much for the money, although there’s significant money involved, but rather to uphold the fact that when you make a deal, and one side lives up to the deal as Mr. Jones did, the other side should too,” Babcock said, “Our view is that they didn’t live up to it and we did.”
