Update:
5:11 p.m. Aug. 8, 2025: This story updated with additional comment.
The trial in a sexual assault lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, which was set to begin Monday, has been delayed again.
The rescheduling marks the third time the case has been delayed since an initial trial date was set for March 18, 2024. The trial was later pushed to March 3, 2025, before being delayed to Monday.
The trial date was pushed again by mutual agreement of both parties, according to an administrator in the 160th District Court in Dallas County, where the case is being tried.
A pre-trial hearing set for Thursday of this past week also had been canceled.
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A new date for the trial had not been set as of midday Friday.
Thomas Bowers, an attorney for the plaintiff, called the postponement “a delay tactic” and said he is confident he and his client will receive a favorable ruling at trial.
The allegations in the lawsuit date to September 2018, when a woman alleges Jones kissed and groped her without her consent at AT&T Stadium following a Cowboys game.
The suit was filed in September 2020 and was dismissed in February 2022. It was re-opened by a state appellate court in February 2023.
In addition to Jones, the suit names the Dallas Cowboys Football Club as a defendant. In previous filings, Jones and the team have denied the woman’s allegations, calling them “malicious and hurtful.”