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Girlfriend of Jeff Banks responds to viral monkey bite story

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The girlfriend of Texas special teams coordinator and assistant head coach Jeff Banks has responded to a report that her monkey bit a child on Halloween night in Austin.

In Banks’ first year with the Longhorns, a report surfaced Monday night that the monkey of his girlfriend, Dani Thomas, had an encounter with a trick-or-treater during Halloween festivities on Sunday.

Thomas responded to the report Monday night, taking to Twitter to answer a serious of questions and showed where the monkey, Gia, lives. An emotional support animal according to Thomas, Gia lives in a caged environment away from where children were allowed to trick-or-treat.