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Jerry Jones paternity trial: Cowboys owner, lawyers speak after case abruptly dropped
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This week's breach-of-contract trial involving Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his alleged paternity of Alexandra Davis abruptly concluded on Tuesday, halfway through what was to be its second day of proceedings.
After an extended, two-hour lunch break following a morning of testimony, court resumed at 1:25 p.m. only for Judge Robert W. Schroeder III to announce that the case -- along with all other cases tied to it -- had been dropped with the resolution that the contract at the center of the trial would continue to be enforced.
Furthermore, the judge revealed that all cases tied to this one were dropped by each party "with prejudice," meaning they can't be filed in court again.
Alexandra Davis -- who started this legal back-and-forth by filing a parentage action suit against Jones in March 2022 -- will no longer pursue that initial case, for which Jones had been ordered by a Dallas County judge to take a paternity test or the one that was being litigated in Texarkana.
An earlier defamation case filed by Davis had already dismissed by a judge.
After Schroeder shared the resolution in court, Jones thanked the jury for their time.
"I believe my defendants here are well-meaning," Jones said in court about the Davises.
Jones also talked about how Cynthia Davis was a working mother, and also added that 70% of his players on the Cowboys didn't have male role models, and that their heroes were often their mothers.
"So I appreciate working moms," Jones said to the jury.
Outside the courthouse on Tuesday, Jones said he was pleased with how the case turned out.
"I'm happy this case is resolved," he said.
FULL STORY: https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nfl/cowboys/jerry-jones-paternity-case-related-lawsuits-dropped-alexandra-davis/287-47b2d545-8fd9-4166-9279-483e150f2786