Jerry Jones reaches settlement in paternity case, says ordeal was 'sensitive to me and my family'

A nearly two-and-a-half-year legal battle involving Jerry Jones has finally come to an end as he has reached a settlement with a woman who says she is his biological daughter.

In March 2022, Alexandra Davis sued Jones in Dallas County, asking a judge to void a legal agreement she said her mother reached with Jones two years after she was born.

That agreement allegedly said Jones would support them financially as long as they did not publicly say he was Davis' father - Jones had filed a countersuit, citing a breach of contract.

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Jones agreed to drop his countersuit if the women dismissed pending lawsuits against him, including one where the Dallas Cowboys owner was ordered to take a DNA test, according to media reports.

As part of Tuesday’s agreement, the 1998 settlement will remain in effect.

"It was resolved. It was unfortunate," Jones said, per the Star-Telegram. "It was sensitive to me and my family… It was resolved. I certainly am where I want to be."

"I regret that it came to this, and I’m glad that it is resolved to everyone’s satisfaction," he also said, via NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Davis dropped her 2022 case a month later and instead filed the paternity case in which earlier this year the judge ordered Jones to take a DNA test. She then filed a defamation lawsuit against Jones this past November, accusing him and two of his associates of concocting a plan to label her "an extortionist."

She was able to refile the complaint based on statements made in a March 2022 ESPN story, ABC News reported last year. The complaint said Jones’ attorney, Donald P. Jack, and Jim Wilkinson, a communications consultant for the Jones family, falsely accused Davis of "being an extortionist and portrayed Plaintiff as attempting to 'shakedown' Defendant Jones."

Jones and his wife, Gene, married in 1963. They have three children, and all have a front office role with the Cowboys. Jerry Jones is the team president and general manager.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Everything to know about opening ceremony

History will be made in Paris on Friday when more than 10,000 of the world’s best athletes gather for a never-before-seen opening ceremony that will highlight the most iconic Parisian landmarks. 

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris marks a return to normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Games in Tokyo to be delayed until 2021. Friday’s celebrations will set the tone as the parade of athletes makes its way down the Seine River by boat. 

It is the first time the opening ceremony will take place outside a stadium.

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Read below for information on the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. 

Approximately 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will take part in Friday’s festivities. More than 90 boats will carry these athletes on the Seine as spectators line up to watch. According to the Olympics website, larger NOCs will have their own boat while smaller ones will share a vessel.

About 220,000 invited and security-screened spectators are expected to fill the upper tiers of the Seine's banks, and an additional 104,000 paying spectators will watch from the lower riverside and around the Trocadéro plaza.

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The parade will follow the 3.7-mile stretch of the Seine beginning at the Austerlitz Bridge beside the Jardin des Plantes. Along the way, they will see up close some of Paris’ most historic landmarks, including Notre-Dame and the Louvre, before ending at the Iena Bridge, which links the Eiffel Tower on the left bank of the Seine to the Trocadéro district on the right bank.

Live coverage of the opening ceremony is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET and airs on NBC and streams on Peacock and NBC Olympic platforms. 

U.S. Open winner Coco Gauff and NBA star LeBron James will lead Team USA as the flag bearer in Friday’s celebrations. In what will be her first Olympics, Gauff is the first American tennis player to carry the flag.

"I’m not putting too much pressure on it because I really want to fully indulge in the experience," she said of her Olympic debut. "Hopefully I can have the experience multiple times in my lifetime, [but] I’ll treat it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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