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Jerry Jones, owner of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, ordered to undergo a paternity test
Alexandra Davis had claimed in a separate demand that she was the product of a relationship Jones had with her mother in the middle of the 1990s.
A judge ordered Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys owner, to submit to a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 26-year-old woman who claims that the multimillionaire businessman is her biological father.
In a paternity case involving Alexandra Davis, a Texas judge issued an order for genetic testing on Wednesday. Alexandra Davis had claimed in a separate demand that she was the product of a relationship Jones had with her mother in the middle of the 1990s.
The lawyers for Jones did not immediately answer when asked for comments on the ruling on Friday, but they did state in court documents that they intended to appeal the ruling. Andrew Bergman, one of Davis’ attorneys, confirmed the decision but gave no other details. In March, Davis filed a lawsuit against Jones in Dallas county, asking the judge to annul a legal agreement that, according to Davis, her mother, Cynthia Davis, had reached with Jones two years before Davis’ birth.
Jerry Jones denies agreement and appeals
The 1998 agreement reportedly stated that Jones would provide financial support as long as they did not publicly acknowledge that he was Alexandra’s father, something the Cowboys’ married team owner denied.
In April, Davis dissented from the situation, stating that she would instead try to prove that Jones was her father. They requested the paternity test that month.
On Wednesday, associate judge T. Jones Abendroth wrote that she would grant Davis’ request for Jones to submit to genetic testing “after careful consideration.”
Jones, who is 80 years old, married Gene in 1963. They have three children, and each one of them plays a part in the Cowboys’ team. The team’s president and general manager is Jerry Jones.