Lawyers for woman suing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones - Client isn't motivated by money

Lawyers for the 25-year-old Congressional aide who is suing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones released a statement Thursday saying their client isn't motivated by money but instead wants a judge to toss out an agreement «that attempts to prohibit her from stating who her real father is.»

The woman, Alexandra Davis, who lives in Washington D.C., was not motivated by «fame or fortune» when she filed her lawsuit on March 3 against Jones, alleging the billionaire is her biological father, her lawyers said in the statement.

«Ms. Davis' lawsuit does not seek the recovery of money,» wrote Davis' lawyers, Andrew A. Bergman and Jay K. Gray, of Dallas, in a statement released to ESPN. «Ms. Davis' lawsuit seeks only to have a Court declare that she is not bound to an agreement entered into that attempts to prohibit her from stating who her real father is. Surely, anyone can understand this need of a child no matter what age to have the ability to say they have a father without the fear of reprisal.»

The complaint says that Davis «has lived her life fatherless and in secret and in fear that if she should tell anyone who her father was, she and her mother would lose financial support, or worse.» Jones is alleged to have paid $375,000 to Davis' mother, Cynthia Davis Spencer, who the lawsuit says was courted by the Cowboys owner in 1995 when she was working at the American Airlines ticket counter in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Davis, who now works as an aide to U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, has declined to comment to ESPN and other media outlets since the lawsuit became public Wednesday evening. Her lawyers explained in their statement that their client's lawsuit was filed against Jones «only after Ms. Davis' numerous attempts to address