Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones looks set for his day in court as, according to the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Supreme Court has denied a key appeal from the 80-year-old.
The publication is reporting that said institution ruled against Jones, who was trying to prevent a lawsuit from going to trial after he was sued in 2020, having found himself accused of sexual assault in 2018.
The case was initially dismissed, but an appellate court has set it back in motion following an amendment that saw it match the court’s requirements. Jones’s accuser, a woman referred to as “J.G.,” is suing for damages, having cited “severe emotional distress,” psychological pain and suffering,” while she’s also seeking medical expenses.
Per court documents, J.G. claims Jones “sexually assaulted her by forcibly kissing her on the mouth and by grabbing her without her consent” while they were in the Tom Landry room at the AT&T Stadium on September 16, 2018.
The Cowboys organization has been accused of being “complicit and negligent because it knew about Mr. Jones’s history of similar conduct and failed to properly supervise him.
Jones is also embroiled in a paternity suit from a woman named Alexandra Davis who has taken him to task for defamation.
