Cowboys' Jerry Jones Seeks $1.6M in Counterclaim to Defamation Lawsuit

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Alexandra Davis and her mother, Cynthia Davis, seeking to recoup $1.6 million in legal fees from the paternity case filed against him, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.

Jones alleges that Alexandra Davis breached a 1998 agreement—which provided her financial support during her childhood—when she sought a legal paternity test. Jones has been required by the court in the paternity case to undergo a DNA test, though he is appealing.

Davis' lawyers have said that she never had any intention of going public with the situation.

"There was no threat to go public, quite the contrary," attorneys Andrew Bergman and Jay Gray told Florio. "Rather than submit to a simple private genetic test, Mr. Jones chose to spend at least 1.6 million dollars that he is now suing his daughter for."

In January 2022, Bergman sent a letter to Jones, noting that "Texas law provides a relatively simple, non-intrusive, inexpensive, quick procedure for establishing parentage if you are willing to cooperate. Hopefully you will avail yourself of this opportunity. I am confident that your attorneys can explain the details required under the Uniform Parentage Act (the 'Act') for what can be an easy, voluntary process."

The letter also noted that Davis and her lawyers were hoping to work with Jones to find the "least intrusive method for moving forward under the Act for determining and establishing this parentage issue."

Davis separately filed two defamation lawsuits against Jones, claiming Jones and others in his circle publicly portrayed her as an "extortionist" and as someone trying to "shake down" the Cowboys owner. Both attempts were dismissed.