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Roy Williams Proposed To A Woman Through The Mail, And It Did Not Go Well
The marriage merger of a hometown football star and a former Miss Texas USA is headed for court – but not for a civil union.
Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams, a former Permian High and University of Texas football player, filed a lawsuit Thursday after his mail-in marriage proposal went awry in February.
Roy Williams Jr. claims in a court filing that he should be able to regain possession of a $76,600 engagement ring he sent to Brooke Daniels, formerly a beauty pageant winner from Tomball.
Williams has declined to comment for the story, but in an affidavit signed by Williams, he claims he sent $5,000 for school and dental bills, a baseball for Daniels’ brother and — as a surprise — a recorded marriage proposal with the ring through the mail just before Valentine’s Day to Daniels. However, when Daniels declined the proposal, she did not return the ring.
Williams said in the affidavit that he asked for the ring to be returned until Daniels claimed six weeks later that she had lost it, at which point he reported it lost to his insurance agency. The insurance investigation revealed that Daniels’ father, Michael Daniels, had the ring. He is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
Michael Daniels said in a phone interview Tuesday that although he has documentation that Williams initially told his daughter to keep the ring, he will return it to avoid a lawsuit. Daniels didn’t specify when or how the ring would be returned.
“He said (to Brooke Daniels), ‘I’m not like a lot of people, I don’t want the ring back. You’ll eventually come back to me,’ and she didn’t,” Michael Daniels claimed.
Brooke Daniels could not be located for comment Tuesday, and her father declined to provide her contact information.
Michael Daniels said that when Williams realized Brooke Daniels was not going to accept his marriage proposal, that was when Williams began to ask for the ring back.
The two lived together for about a year, Michael Daniels said, while also claiming that Williams and his daughter often argued.
“I want to wash my hands of it,” Michael Daniels said. “It’s just a hassle. I’ll take care of my daughter. I don’t need him.”
He also said the two never told Williams the ring was lost and that he had it all along. The State Farm response to his claim stated that the theft or disappearance of the ring did not occur, and instead the question was about whether the ring was a gift or should be returned. According to the response, the matter is not covered under Williams’ policy.
Williams lawyer Craig C. Grant deferred comment to Williams.
Engagement rings fall under the conditional-gift rule. As applied by Texas courts, the conditional-gift rule contains an element of fault. Texas courts have held that the conditional-gift rule operates to require that the engagement ring be returned to the donor upon termination of the engagement, if the donee is at fault in terminating the engagement. If the donor is at fault, the ring doesn’t have to be returned.
A temporary injunction hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday in Judge Denn Whalen’s 70th District Court.
Source: oaoa.com