Cowboys owner sued over 'sexual assault'

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is being sued for more than $1 million by an exotic dancer over an alleged sexual assault in a hotel bathroom.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been sued for alleged sexual assault by a former exotic dancer over a 2009 incident in a hotel bathroom, The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday.

The 71-year-old businessman, who bought the famed National Football League club in 1989, is being sued for more than $1 million in punitive damages by Jana Weckerly, a 27-year-old Oklahoma woman.

Weckerly accuses Jones of fondling her, forcing her to fondle him and watch him engage in sex with another woman, according to the report.

Details of an encounter between Jones and multiple women, including photos of Jones with women in provocative poses, were made public last month.

On Sunday, Jones told the newspaper that "someone has misrepresented photos taken at a restaurant five years ago for their own purposes. I'm just not going to comment on it."

The lawsuit claims Jones forced Weckerly to sign an agreement to conceal the alleged incident.

Thomas Bowers, Weckerly's lawyer, told the newspaper that she was in counselling and taking medication to cope with the trauma from the alleged incident.


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