The chimp could eat at the table, drink wine from a stemmed glass, use the toilet and dress and bathe himself.
Woman attacked by chimpanzee tv#
Travis had starred in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger and made an appearance on "The Maury Povich Show." The chimpanzee was the constant companion of the widowed Herold and was fed steak, lobster and ice cream. But the animal went berserk and ripped off Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by a police officer. She had gone to Herold's home on the day of the attack to help lure Herold's 200-pound chimpanzee, Travis, back into her home. "I think it was a fair compromise on all sides."Ĭharla Nash, 57, now lives in a nursing home outside of Boston. "The case is resolved," said Brenden Leydon, a Stamford lawyer representing Herold's estate. Nash was blinded, lost both hands and underwent a face transplant after being mauled outside Herold's home in Stamford in February 2009. (AP) - A settlement agreement calls for a woman disfigured in a chimpanzee attack to receive about $4 million from the estate of the animal's now-dead owner, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.Īttack victim Charla Nash's brother filed the lawsuit on her behalf in 2009 in state Superior Court seeking $50 million in damages from chimp owner Sandra Herold, who died in 2010.
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