Jerry Jones is being sued by a 25-year-old woman alleging that the Cowboys owner is her biological father

• Jerry Jones is being sued by a 25-year-old woman, who alleges that he is her biological father.
• The suit claims that Jones paid the woman's mother hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep Jones' paternity a secret.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is being sued by a 25-year-old woman who alleges that he is her father.

Alexandra Davis, 25, filed the lawsuit against Jones last Thursday in Dallas County court. The lawsuit was first reported by the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday. The case has since been sealed by a Texas judge after a motion filed by Jones' lawyer.

In the lawsuit, Davis alleges that Jones had a relationship with her mother, Cynthia Davis Spencer, in 1995 that resulted in her conception.

According to ESPN, which obtained a copy of the lawsuit, Davis alleges that Jones paid $375,000 "in exchange for confidentiality" in the initial settlement, while denying that he was Davis' biological father.

Additionally, Jones allegedly provided "ongoing financial support" to the family, contingent on their continued silence.

Per ESPN:

Jones agreed to "provide, through indirect means and with his personal identity hidden, ongoing financial support for Cynthia and Plaintiff so long as Cynthia remained silent about the fact that he was Plaintiff's father," the lawsuit alleges. "If Cynthia failed to maintain such silence, the support would end at Defendant Jones' discretion and Cynthia would supposedly be in breach of the deal."

According to the Associated Press, Spencer and her husband filed for divorce shortly after Davis' birth in December 1996. During the divorce proceedings, genetic testing showed that Davis was not the child of Spencer's husband.

According to ESPN, Davis asks in the lawsuit to be released from the agreement to secrecy that her mother made when Davis was still a baby, and to be recognized as Jones' daughter.

Jones has three children — Stephen, Jerry Jr. and Charlotte Jones Anderson — with his wife Gene, to whom he has been married since 1963. All three of Jones' children with his wife hold positions within the Cowboys organization.

Representatives for both Jones and Davis declined to comment to ESPN. Both parties did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.