Jerry Jones vs Alexandra Davis lawsuit: Mother of Cowboys owner's alleged daughter breaks down in tears in $1,100,000 trial
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will not take the dais for the franchise's annual opening press conference which was initially scheduled for Wednesday, July 24. The reason? Jones will have to take the stand in a paternity trial owing to a lawsuit he filed against one Alexandra Davis.
Davis has alleged that she is the Cowboys owner's daughter. This case, however, pertains to a defamation lawsuit Jones filed against Davis. Jones is reportedly demanding $1.1 million from Davis and her mother Cynthia in attorney fees as part of the lawsuit.
The case went to trial on Monday, July 22, in a federal courthouse in Texarkana, where Alexandra Davis' mother was called to take the stand. According to a report from WFAA, Davis' mother broke down in tears several times in the middle of her testimony. The report read:
"At one point, the judge paused testimony for a break as Cynthia Davis was too emotional to continue testifying, and Jones gave her a long hug after she stepped off the witness stand."
How the case between Jerry Jones and his alleged daughter Alexandra Davis came to be
The Dallas Cowboys owner is suing Alexandra Davis and her mother for allegedly violating a contract Cynthia Davis signed with Jones on behalf of her daughter in 1998. Alexandra Davis was two years old at the time.
Per CBS, as part of the agreement, Jones was obligated to allegedly pay her $375,000 in addition to "certain annual, monthly and special funding" from a trust until Davis turned 21.
At the time of the trial in Texarkana, Jones still denied that Alexandra Davis was his daughter. Jones has also not taken a paternity test despite being ordered to take one by a Dallas County judge.
Per the WFAA report, Alexandra Davis' attorney argued that Jones was the first to violate their agreement, while Cynthia Davis testified that Jones had also acknowledged Alexandra as his daughter at a Christmas party at the Cowboys Club in 2019.
The trial is now set to resume at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 23.