The bizarre allegations about a Texas coach's emotional support monkey, explained
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A Texas assistant coach’s wife appears to have deleted her Twitter account after responding to allegations the couple’s emotional support monkey bit a trick-or-treater at their home over Halloween weekend.
The drama started Monday night when a Texas sports photographer tweeted a report from a “credible source” alleging the family’s monkey attacked a child at their home Sunday night.
Danielle Banks, wife of University of Texas tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Jeff Banks, took it upon herself to respond to the allegations as the story spread rapidly on Twitter. It wasn’t long before Twitter absolutely erupted.
Let’s dive into these allegations and explain what’s going on here.
I'm hearing a repot from a credible source that Texas Longhorns Special Teams Coach Jeff Banks' monkey allegedly attacked and seriously hurt a young Trick-or-Treater last night on Halloween.
The monkey's jaws apparently had to be pried off the small child.
— Tom Campbell (@thomasgcampbell) November 1, 2021