A stripper going by the name Pole Assassin has strongly defended her 'emotional support monkey' after the animal bit a child visiting the haunted house in her garden on Halloween.
Danielle Thomas, a stripper going by the name Pole Assassin, is pictured with her monkey, Gia. The monkey bit a child on Halloween, Thomas has confirmed
The performer, real name Danielle Thomas, has been dating a University of Texas football coach, Jeff Banks, for the past four and a half years.
Banks, 46, separated from his wife Kori and their three children - daughter, Sydnei, and two sons, Gage and Tanner - in late 2017, and by February 2018 was with Thomas.
Thomas, who has 66,000 Instagram followers, once appeared on Jerry Springer with her monkey Gia, who has 9,000 followers of her own.
On Halloween the white-faced capuchin monkey, who Thomas got as a baby in November 2014, was in her cage when children came round trick-or-treating and to play in a Haunted House she set up in the yard.
Thomas is pictured with her emotional support monkey, Gia, a white-faced capuchin
Thomas is pictured with Gia, who she has raised since November 2014, when she was a baby
Gia regularly joined 'Pole Assassin' on stage, according to her Instagram account
Jeff Banks, 46, separated from his wife in late 2017 and he and Thomas confirmed their relationship in February 2018
The initial story came from USA Today reporter Tom Campbell, on Monday night
A reporter for USA Today, Tom Campbell, tweeted the story on Monday night, setting ablaze a social media obsession.
Thomas then said that the child ventured through two metal gates and a large courtyard to get to the animal enclosure, and stuck her hand through the rails and was bitten.
'Here's the gate, here's where all the Haunted House action happened,' she said, narrating a video clip to show the events.
'Here's the gate, that every child and parent was told to turn around at when they got to. It was closed and
