Woman claiming to be Jerry Jones’ daughter refiles defamation lawsuit against the Dallas Cowboys owner, alleging that the billionaire devised a plan to portray her as an ‘extortionist’
- Alexandra Davis, 26, said Jones and his two associates attacked her character
- A judge ruled that her defamatory statements were “true or not defamatory.”
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A woman claiming to be Jerry Jones’ daughter filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and two associates, claiming they devised a scheme to portray her as an “extortionist.”
Last month, federal Judge Robert W. Schroeder III dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by Alexandra Davis, a 26-year-old D.C. legislative aide with ties to Dallas, against Jones, 81, Donald P. Jack, Jones’ longtime attorney, and Jim Wilkinson, communications advisor to the billionaire’s family.
Davis first sued Jones in March 2022 to be recognized as his biological daughter. Her defamation suit in March this year alleged that Jones and both of his representatives engaged in a public campaign attacking her character ‘knowingly based on false statements and accusations’.
Schroeder concluded in his 36-page order that Davis’ defamatory statements were true or “not defamatory.”
He also ruled that Davis qualified to be viewed as a “limited public figure” and “as such had failed to establish a valid claim of actual malice, a requirement under defamation law,” according to ESPN.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is facing claims he tried to silence a woman claiming to be his daughter
Alexandra Davis, 26, first sued Jones last year to be recognized as his biological daughter
However, Davis’ lawyers were given the opportunity to resubmit their complaint to the judge. Her latest complaint accuses Wilkinson and Jack of falsely accusing her of “being an extortionist and trying to ‘shake off’ Defendant Jones.”
“Throughout their defamation campaign against Plaintiff, Defendants either knew that the statements they made were false or knew enough facts that they should have harbored serious doubts about the truth of their defamatory statements,” the new complaint alleges. ESPN.
Jones has not yet commented on the defamation lawsuit.
Davis’ latest statement said the Cowboys owner and his two associates “additionally worked closely with” ESPN reporter Don Van Natta Jr., who covered the case.
Davis is a legislative assistant in Washington DC and an SMU alumnus – a private school in Dallas
Jones will stand trial in March 2024 in connection with a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by a woman
The claims further say that defendants also contacted other publications “to ensure that news media reported the statements that Defendant Wilkinson gave to Van Natta.”
The new claim also says that Jones and his personal assistants tried to rope Davis into a “conspiracy with other women who attempted to extort money from the Jones family,” including four Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, to whom Jones paid an undisclosed $100,000 settlement. 2.4 million paid after a senior team director was accused of filming them undressing in their dressing room eight years ago ESPN.
In December 2022, a court ordered Jones, in connection with Davis’ lawsuit, to submit to a paternity test, which has been postponed.
Jones will go on trial in March 2024 for a very different case: a sexual assault lawsuit, in which a woman claims he “kissed her on the mouth” and “forcibly grabbed her without consent.”