![]() The attack lasted about 12 minutes, and ended when police fatally shot Travis as he attempted to open a police cruiser's door. Herold has speculated that the chimp was trying to protect her and attacked Nash because she had changed her hairstyle, was driving a different car and was holding a stuffed toy in front of her face to get Travis' attention. On the day of the attack, Herold called Nash to her home to help lure the animal back into her house. Herold's lawyers have said there was no way to predict Travis would attack Nash. A telephone message left for a lawyer for Nash's family wasn't immediately returned. ![]() Herold's lawyer, Robert Golger, declined to comment today, saying he hadn't seen the toxicology results, which were first reported by The Hour of Norwalk. Police have said Herold told them that she gave the animal Xanax that had not been prescribed for him to calm him because he was agitated. Herold has made conflicting public statements about whether she gave Travis Xanax the day of the attack. I suspect that experts will agree it's difficult to predict how an animal like a chimpanzee would respond to taking a medication like Xanax." "I think it's understood by everyone that Xanax is medication intended to be used by people, not animals. "I think it provides tremendous support for the plaintiff's case," said Paul Slager, a catastrophic injury attorney in Stamford. The suit alleges, among other things, that she had given Travis medication that further upset the animal. Nash's family has sued Herold for $50 million US. Doctors at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic say she is blind and faces two years of surgical procedures. She lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids in the attack. The 90-kilogram chimp, named Travis, attacked Stamford resident Charla Nash on Feb. A chimpanzee that mauled a Connecticut woman had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in its system, according to toxicology tests, but investigators haven't determined whether the drug played a role in the attack, a prosecutor said today.Īuthorities are still weighing whether to file criminal charges against the chimpanzee's owner, Sandra Herold, said Stamford State's Attorney David Cohen.
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