Judge Seals Part Of Detailed Jerry Jones Lawsuit
By L.P. Phillips | @LPPhillips
DALLAS (KRLD) -- A new and apparently more detailed version of a lawsuit that accuses Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of sexual assault has been filed. However, a judge has already ordered much of the new details sealed.
Jana Weckerly filed the amended complaint in Dallas County Monday. By Tuesday there had been a response.
In court pleadings, an attorney for Jones asked for all records in the case to be sealed.
"Moreover, if the records in this case are not sealed, Defendants will be significantly harmed in their business," Kayla Wells says in her motion. "The potential for dire consequences is substantial, including undermining long-standing business and civic relationships as well as a full-blown NFL investigation. Defendants' reputation in the local business community, as well as the state business community will be substantially harmed. This lawsuit, which has been pending for less than a month, has already been described as a 'highly publicized legal case.'"
Jerry Jones Lawsuit
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Dallas County District Judge Dale Tillery did not go along with the entire request.
"In order to facilitate an orderly and effective temporary sealing as provided by Tex. Rules of civil Procedure, Rule 76a, paragraph 5, Gary Fitzsimmons, as the district clerk , Dallas County, Texas, is ordered to immediately remove from the electronic case file Plaintiff First Amended Original Petition," the order says.
Replacing it will be a redacted version.
Jones attorneys filed more than 370 pages of documents as exhibits, showing how the case has gone viral in less than a month.
"He may not like these things because they are unflattering to him," says legal analyst Carl Cecere, who is an attorney not affiliated with the case, but who reviewed the documents. "He might not like these things because they are false and are going to create a sense that he's done something wrong that's not actually true. He may not like these things because they...may be misinterpreted by the public."
Jones has claimed the allegations are false.
Attorneys are prohibited from talking to reporters about the case because of an order Tillery issued earlier this month.
Another hearing is scheduled Friday. The judge has asked Weckerly's lawyer to explain why the suit should continue, since it was filed outside the five-year statute of limitations.
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