Last month, a tweet from Thomas Campbell on Twitter sent the social media site into a frenzy when he claimed a “credible source” told him a monkey belonging to Texas Longhorns special teams coach Jeff Banks attacked and injured a young trick-or-treater on Halloween.
It was then rumored that Banks is in a relationship with the monkey’s owner, Danielle Thomas — a former stripper whose stage name was Pole Assassin. The monkey, Gia, was apparently part of her pole act.
Fast forward to this month and a lawsuit has now been filed against Longhorns special teams coordinator Jeff Banks and his stripper girlfriend.
The suit is called “‘Amy Clinkenbeard; Casey Clinkenbeard, individually and as next friend of a minor v. Danielle Thomas, aka “The Pole Assassin”; Jeff Banks and was submitted just this week.
Here’s what the lawsuit details:
“Plaintiffs’ minor child was trick-or-treating with friends when they were invited to defendant Danielle Thomas’s home for a haunted house. Afterwards, the children were taken to a monkey that Thomas kept in her backyard and told the monkey was trained to give high fives.”
“Minor plaintiff attempted to high five the monkey, but the animal aggressively bit his hand and caused injuries. Thomas refused to provide vaccination records for her monkey and later falsely stated on social media that minor plaintiff did not have permission to be on the property and then had her friend go on the Bobby Bones Show to five a false version of the events.”
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“Danielle Thomas’s actions ignited a media firestorm including articles on the New York Post, Fox, Barstool, Yahoo and countless other which then further spread through social media.”
Danielle began responding to the viral story and while she denied the severity of the attack, seemingly confirmed that a child was bitten by her monkey. She then deleted her Twitter account.
Danielle defended her “emotional support” monkey, claiming that the “11/12 year old child should know better then to enter someone[‘s] yard without permission.”
Now, she will have to fight it out in court.
