Post by redseat on Sept 10, 2014 6:51:00 GMT -5
A woman in Dallas filed a lawsuit this week that accuses Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of sexual assault. The woman, Jana Weckerly, claims she was the person who took the racy pictures of Jones that were released in August.
Weckerly alleges that the sexual assault happened on the night the pictures were taken in June 2009. In the lawsuit, Weckerly claims that Jones "forcibly touched her butt, forcibly touched her breasts, forcibly kissed her and forcibly touched her genitals."
Weckerly, 27, is seeking more than $1 million in damages.
The Cowboys are also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The team is being sued for "failing to investigate the allegations" and "failing to report the crimes to law enforcement," among other things.
In an email to ProFootballTalk.com, Jones' lawyer, Levi McCathern, called the allegations "completely false." McCathern also called the lawsuit a "money grab."
"These allegations are completely false," McCathern said in a statement. "The legal complaint is unsupported by facts or evidence of any kind. This is nothing more than an attempt to embarrass and extort Jerry Jones. This is a shakedown by a lawyer who is a solo practitioner just trying to make a name for himself. The alleged incidents would have been more than five years old. We intend to vigorously contest this complaint and expect it will be shown for what it is -- a money grab. Due to the seriousness of these baseless allegations, we have also involved law enforcement."
After the racy photos hit the Internet in August, Jones was asked about them and simply said he was misrepresented.
aka these were sluts who did this on purpose
Weckerly alleges that the sexual assault happened on the night the pictures were taken in June 2009. In the lawsuit, Weckerly claims that Jones "forcibly touched her butt, forcibly touched her breasts, forcibly kissed her and forcibly touched her genitals."
Weckerly, 27, is seeking more than $1 million in damages.
The Cowboys are also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The team is being sued for "failing to investigate the allegations" and "failing to report the crimes to law enforcement," among other things.
In an email to ProFootballTalk.com, Jones' lawyer, Levi McCathern, called the allegations "completely false." McCathern also called the lawsuit a "money grab."
"These allegations are completely false," McCathern said in a statement. "The legal complaint is unsupported by facts or evidence of any kind. This is nothing more than an attempt to embarrass and extort Jerry Jones. This is a shakedown by a lawyer who is a solo practitioner just trying to make a name for himself. The alleged incidents would have been more than five years old. We intend to vigorously contest this complaint and expect it will be shown for what it is -- a money grab. Due to the seriousness of these baseless allegations, we have also involved law enforcement."
After the racy photos hit the Internet in August, Jones was asked about them and simply said he was misrepresented.
aka these were sluts who did this on purpose
