DALLAS — The 25-year-old Texas woman who is suing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for claiming he is her birth father has dropped her lawsuit.
Alexandra Davis said in court documents filed Wednesday that she now wants genetic testing to confirm her claim, The Dallas Morning News reported.
“Alexandra just decided that she wanted to proceed with parentage and DNA testing,” said Jay Gray, one of Davis’ attorneys. “She wants to remove any doubt that Jerry is her father.”
Jones’ attorneys had requested in court filings that the lawsuit be dismissed, but did not address the paternity claim. A Jones representative declined to comment.
The lawsuit alleged that Jones was in a relationship with Davis’ mother, Cynthia Davis, who at the time was working as a ticketing agent for American Airlines in Little Rock, Arkansas. Alexandra Davis was born in 1996.
Davis and her mother reached an agreement in which Jones would support her financially as long as they did not publicly identify him as her father, according to court documents. At the time of the agreement in 1998, Jones denied being the father.
Jones, 79, and his wife, Gene, were married in 1963. They have three children and all have front-office roles with the Cowboys. Jerry Jones is team president and general manager.