A woman is accusing Jerry Jones of paying her mother hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1996 to conceal that he was the girl's biological father.
The confidentiality agreement was signed by the girl's mother when she was just 1 years old.
Jones denied that he was the father of the child. He paid the woman $375,000 in exchange for confidentiality, and had an Arkansas friend and lawyer named Donald Jack set up two trusts for the girl linked to her and her mother.
The case was sealed this week after a motion was filed.
The lawsuit was reported by the Dallas Morning News.
A lawsuit was filed against Jones in Dallas County court last Thursday. Cynthia Davis Spencer worked at the American Airlines ticket counter in Little Rock, Arkansas, when Jones courted her. The lawsuit says that Spencer was estranged from her husband.
According to the lawsuit, Davis has lived her life without her father and in fear that she and her mother would lose financial support if she told anyone who her father was.
The lawsuit says that she had to endure the endless public profiles of her father and siblings while being forced to remain secret to everyone.
Stephen, Jerry Jr., and Charlotte Jones Anderson are the children of Jones and Gene.
A spokesman for Jones wouldn't say anything. Andrew Bergman, a Dallas-based attorney, declined to comment.
Davis wants a court to recognize Jones as her daughter and to release the confidentiality agreement that her mother agreed to when she was a baby.
It is hard to imagine what would be worse for a child than to be left without a father and not be able to say who her father is.
According to the lawsuit, Jones abandoned and snubbed Davis after she was born in Little Rock.
The combined effects of the aforementioned agreements and Cynthia's divorce proceedings resulted in Plaintiff never having a legal father. The only role Jones has in the life of the person is to force her to keep his identity a secret.
Despite that, the lawsuit says that Davis has excelled academically and professionally.
The lawsuit says Cynthia Davis and Jones worked together to cover up Davis' parentage after he was born.
Faced with the existence of the lawsuit and the public and personal ramifications that would result there from, Jones decided to make a deal to assure that he would not be publicly named.
Cynthia Davis was going through a divorce at the time, according to the lawsuit.
Jones, with the help of lawyers, knew that Cynthia was a single mother with a very young child and an uncertain financial future at best, set out to negotiate a settlement that would exchange money for silence.
The lawsuit alleges that Jones set up two trusts that contained the hush money payment and the terms of the payment to Spencer. The lawsuit alleges that Jones agreed to provide, through indirect means and with his personal identity hidden, ongoing financial support for Cynthia and the person she was related to.
Hundreds of Texas lawyers received the lawsuit late Monday night. On Tuesday, the team rushed into court and persuaded a judge to seal the lawsuit.
The Cowboys paid a $2.4 million confidential settlement to four members of their cheerleading squad who accused a team executive of voyeurism in their locker room in September 2015, according to a report. The cheerleaders accused Richard Dalrymple of using his security key card to enter the back door of their locked dressing room during an event at AT&T Stadium. One of the women said she saw Dalrymple standing behind a partial wall with his phone in his hand as they changed their clothes.
A Cowboys fan who was watching a livestream from the team's war room during the 2015 NFL draft swore in an affidavit that he saw Dalrymple take upskirt photos of Charlotte Jones Anderson.
Dalrymple did not respond to interview requests. He issued a statement through the team that denied the allegations.
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