Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant received a Jan. 9, 2012 court date, according to *The Dallas Morning News*, in a civil lawsuit that he claimed in June was "done."
Eleow Hunt, a jeweler and ticket broker in Colleyville, Texas, filed suit in Tarrant County in September 2010, alleging Bryant and his confidante, David Wells, didn't pay him for about $600,000 in jewelry, sports tickets and loans given to the receiver before the Cowboys selected him in the first round of last year's NFL draft.
It was the second civil suit filed against Bryant within the past year. He settled with a New York jeweler in April over a $267,000 debt.
In addition to the lawsuits, Bryant had a well-publicized run-in with a Dallas-area mall's security staff this offseason. Those problems overshadowed what Bryant did on the field last season, when he had 45 receptions for 561 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie.
Bryant acknowledged in a recent interview that he's had to change the way he does some things.
"Of course there were problems (in the past), and there was some stuff I didn't understand that could have been a problem that I understand now," Bryant said earlier this month on KESN-FM. "I feel like I'm mature as a man and I've got my priorities straight."
