Dez Bryant isn’t the only Dallas Cowboys wide receiver who is having some off-field woes involving jewelry. It’s Roy Williams’ turn in court as he tries to regain a ring after a engagement that never was.

In wake of a marriage proposal gone wrong in February, The Odessa American reports Williams filed a lawsuit last Thursday with the intent of reclaiming a ring he had mailed to a former Texas beauty pageant winner. The reported value of the piece is nothing to sniff at during an NFL lockout that has put a cloud over players’ incomes: $76,600.
Roy Williams filed a lawsuit last Thursday with the intent of reclaiming a reportedly $76,000 engagement ring. (AP Photo)

Back around Valentine’s Day, Williams had sent the ring, along with his recorded proposal to Brooke Daniels, but Williams’ romantic gesture was met with Daniels declining to marry him.

Also heavily involved is Daniels’ family. Through a signed affidavit, Williams stated that along with the ring, he mailed $5,000 to help Brooke’s brother. An investigation by insurers discovered that Brooke’s father, Michael Daniels, was in possession of the ring, despite his contrary claims he had lost it.

Michael Daniels told the newspaper this week that Williams had previously told his daughter he wasn’t interested in regaining the ring based on the way in which the relationship was broken off.

“He said, ‘I’m not like a lot of people, I don’t want the ring back,” Daniels said. “You’ll eventually come back to me,’ and she didn’t.”

Daniels also said he’s looking for closure in what he described as argument-laden two-year relationship between Williams and Brooke.

“I want to wash my hands of it,” Michael Daniels told the American. “It’s just a hassle. I’ll take care of my daughter. I don’t need him.”

For Williams to win the suit under the Texas state legal guidelines of the “conditional-gift rule,” it will need to be shown that Brooke Daniels, not Williams, was at fault in “terminating the engagement.”

The offseason just might get even more challenging for Williams soon.

The National Football Post reported earlier this week that because of Williams’ big contract and the chance to give Bryant more playing time, it’s “looking more and more” as if the Cowboys will release Williams.