![]() ![]() "Sandy hopes and prays for a full and speedy recovery." "All of Sandy's hopes and prayers are with Charla and her daughter in this challenging time," the statement read. Herold's attorney, Robert Golger, provided AP with a statement, saying Herold wishes Nash the best. Herold's attorney has argued the attack was work-related and the case should be treated as a workers' compensation claim. Nash's family has filed a $50 million lawsuit against Herold, saying she was negligent and reckless for lacking the ability to control "a wild animal with violent propensities." "It's like less for me to worry about if I don't know," she said. Nash said she doesn't ask many questions about her injuries. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago, when an eye doctor told Nash she no longer had eyes, that she realized she would never see again, she said. "It feels like just patches of tape or gauze or covering, covering my face." "I know that I have my forehead," Nash said. She said she doesn't touch her face often. Nash told Winfrey she is not in pain but can't breathe through her nose and has to eat through a straw. Herold's attorney could not be reached on his cell phone Wednesday night. Herold had black and blue marks from Travis, but she would say they were playing around, Nash said.Īsked about Herold, Nash said, "I feel like I've been thrown under a bus." "Sandy would say, 'I know, but it's hard,'" explaining that she believed if she gave him up, he would not get the same level of care she provided. Nash, who occasionally fed Travis oatmeal in his cage, said she told Herold that Travis did not have enough room to run around. "You can't control him, and he's going to hurt somebody." "I always told her you have to get rid of him, he's going to hurt somebody someday. Nash said she told Herold eight or 10 times he was dangerous. Nash said she was afraid of Travis, who was typically locked in his cage when she saw him. "They had to weld the cage because he was starting to break out from hitting it so much," Nash said.Īnother time Herold told workers at her house they had to leave, Nash said. Nash said she saw the chimpanzee throw large objects around his cage, including a desk and 55-gallon plastic drum, flash his teeth and pound the bars so violently his hands would bleed and the cage had to be rewelded. In a telephone interview Wednesday night with The Associated Press, Nash said she repeatedly warned Herold that the primate was dangerous and could hurt someone. "I don't want to wake up with nightmares." Nash said she didn't remember anything from the attack and doesn't want to. ![]() ![]() She remains in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The chimpanzee ripped off Nash's hands, nose, lips and eyelids. 16 attack occurred when the animal's owner, Sandra Herold, asked Nash, her friend and employee, to help lure the animal back into her house in Stamford, Conn. ![]() She had a large scar near the bottom of her face and a large piece of skin where her nose had been. Winfrey removed Nash's hat and veil to reveal her face, which was swollen and damaged beyond recognition. chimp attack victim seeks $50M Police in US shoot chimp after it attacks woman man is cited for owning an endangered ape Family of Conn. "I don't even think about it," Charla Nash said on Wednesday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "And there's no time for that anyways because I need to heal, you know, not look backwards." 19, 2003 file photo, Travis, an escaped chimpanzee, is coaxed into a waiting sport utility vehicle in downtown Stamford, Conn. ![]()
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