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Chimp attack victim Charla Nash is Internet furor post Oprah show

November 18th, 2009 - 3:47 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt ( 4 comments )

Charla Nash Chicago, Nov 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Charla Nash was a normal employed mother and wife living her uneventful daily life when a chimp attack in her employer’s house Sandra changed her live forever in February. And now when she appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show and allowed the Queen of talk shows to lift he veil and expose her disfigured face to the world, then also her life changed forever as she has become an Internet sensation.

The 200-pound chimp ravaged her body and even started eating her in the brutal 12-minute attack. And needless to say, this turned her life upside down completely. She lost her major limbs, is blind and drinks her meals through a straw.

Earlier in the year, her family had also filed a $50 million lawsuit against the chimp’s owner Sandra Herold. The $50-million lawsuit alleges that Sandra Herold “possessed a wild animal which she knew had exhibited aggressive behavior to one or more other persons and failed to take sufficient actions to safeguard third parties from the wild animal” and accuses her of in effect causing the brutal 12 minute attack that changed Charla Nash’s life forever, through her own negligence.

“These animals are wild, wild animals and have no business being in anyone’s home,” said attorney Charles Willinger, whose firm is representing Nash along with the Long Island firm Kramer, Feldman and Monaco. “This is a dangerous animal and we believe Ms. Herold is liable as a matter of strict liability.”

However Sandra Herold’s attorney, Joseph Gerardi of Stamford, believes that his client and the chimp’s owner is not at all responsible for the attack. He said that Sandra Herold should not be held liable for the attack. “I believe it was a tragic accident,” he said.

As for Charla Nash, she seemed a very positive woman on Oprah’s show and said that she just wants to live her forward, and she doesn’t seem to have any major regrets. According to the doctors, she could get back to her normal life, if she gets a face transplant.

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4 Responses

  1. monique h Says:

    im so sorry about what happend. she has alot of guts showing her face in front of millions of people.i respect her alot for doing that.

  2. Devin T. Says:

    That is really sad how that pet chimp just attacked the lady she new it for a while. Some good advice from me is just to stay stornge and live your life. GOOD LUCK! :)

  3. SB Says:

    With a dog or a cat, the pet has been bred from a long, long line of domesticated animals, but with an animal that was probably wild just 1 generation ago it is just stupidity to try to keep it as a pet!

    It really was only a matter of time before someone was seriously injured by an exotic “pet”…I wonder how long it will be before someone is killed?

  4. bernardo Says:

    today i saw the oprahs show in charlas interview i was very shoked the charlas life had changed forever she was really brave showing the world which face has now for the rest of his life one single dollar or 50 millions will not change the facts
    anyway the responsable will have to pay and not necessarilly with money like public life care for handicaped people for the rest of his (her) life

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