Jerry Jones has had a sordid history as an NFL magnate. But as he’s embarked on his twilight years, Jones has saved his worst for last.
A lawsuit filed by a 25-year-old woman in a Dallas County Court alleges that his sleazy ownership of the Cowboys extends to his personal life as well. According to the lawsuit, Alexandra Davis, a Washington D.C. resident, alleges that the Cowboys owner is her father, but spent much of her childhood living in fear that disclosing the identity of her father would result in a loss of financial support. According to Davis’ lawsuit, she has been bound to secrecy since she was 1-years-old, by a confidentiality agreement her mother signed.
According to court documents reviewed by ESPN, Jones pursued her mother, Cynthia Davis Spencer, in 1995, while she was working as an American Airlines ticket counter in Little Rock, Arkansas. At the time, she was estranged from her husband. Soon after, Alexandra Davis was born on Dec. 16, 1996. According to court documents, during divorce proceedings from her husband, it was determined that Alexandra was not her husband’s child and that Alexandra Davis did not have a legal father.
The Dallas Morning News reached out to a personal spokesman for Jones, Jim Wilkerson, who issued a no comment.
When Davis Spencer signed the agreement in 1998, Jones denied being the father of Davis Spencer’s daughter. Instead, he agreed in settlement documents to pay Davis Spencer a lump sum of $375,000 in “exchange for confidentiality,” per ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. The nondisclosure agreement was arranged by an Arkansas lawyer and friend, Donald Jack. In addition to the lump-sum payment, Jones also set monthly, annual, and special funding from the trusts until she turned 21, after which she would receive annual lump sums at 24, 26, and 28 years old. The trust purportedly was made under the name of Jones’ friend to conceal the Cowboys owner’s identity.
Jones agreed to provide,…