In early March, 25-year-old Alexandra Davis filed a paternity lawsuit against Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, alleging that Jones was her biological father and alleging that he paid her mother hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1996 to keep the information confidential.
Earlier this week, Jones and his legal team moved to dismiss the civil suit after alleging that Davis attempted to extort money from him before filing the lawsuit.
A new report by ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr., released Thursday, revealed that Jones paid Davis almost $3 million, including her full SMU tuition and a $70,000 Range Rover Dollars Jones bought on Plaintiff’s 16th birthday.
Jones’ payment information was provided to Van Natta Jr. by Little Rock attorney Don Jack, who says he made regular payments on Jones’ behalf to Davis and her mother, Cynthia Spencer Davis, who Jones met in 1995 as a ticketing agent for American Airlines in Arkansas.
Jack told ESPN that in 1995 he negotiated an agreement on Jones’ behalf with Spencer Davis in which she received $375,000 and monthly child support payments that eventually totaled over $2 million.
“On numerous occasions, I have made payments to Cindy and Alex Davis on behalf of Mr. Jones,” Jack told ESPN.
Alex Davis has asked the court to overturn the agreement her mother made in the mid-’90s and declare Jones her father. Davis’ attorney, Andrew Bergman, said his client simply wanted Jones’ last name on her birth certificate.
After the paternity suit was filed on March 3, Bergman reportedly met with Levi McCathern, Jones’ outside attorney. At that meeting, Bergman allegedly demanded money to settle the case, telling McCathern that it would cost “Zeke or Dak money” if Jones wanted that lawsuit settled to Dak Prescott.
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The allegation that Bergman threatened McCathern for money is key to Jones’ allegation that Davis was trying to blackmail him.
Bergman said the allegation that he demanded money from Jones’ representatives during the early March meeting was false. Bergman denies ever asking for money to settle the case.
“It is absolutely wrong – and you know it – that I ever asked for money for Alex. They said, “What does she want?” and I said she wants to establish lineage, and Jerry may or may not do so cooperatively,” Bergman told ESPN.
In an effort to further support the ongoing allegations that Davis is trying to blackmail Jones, his rep also pointed to a dinner with Jack, Alex Davis and Cynthia Spencer Davis years ago, at which Alex allegedly wrote a letter she designed for Jones expressed dissatisfaction with the amount of money she received.
In that letter, Alex Davis reportedly demanded $20 million and stated that if the amount was paid, she would no longer bother Jones and would keep the relationship confidential.
A hearing was scheduled for Thursday to determine whether Davis’ complaint should remain sealed. This meeting has been canceled and has not yet been rescheduled.
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