Theconflict between a Texas couple, Texas a sistant head football coachJeff Banks, Banks' girlfriend and the girlfriend's monkey has escalated.Attorneys for the couple, Amy and Casey Clinkenbeard,filed a lawsuit Thursday in Travis County District Court in Austin against Banks and his girlfriend, Danielle Thomas, over the monkey biting the couple'schild on the hand on Halloween. The Clinkenbeards are seeking damages forgro s negligence and defamation.In the lawsuit, Amy and Casey Clinkenbeard claim thechild, identified as C.C. David Long Jr. Jersey , was invited to Thomas' home for a haunted house on Halloweenand was taken to the backyard to see the monkey, which Thomasclaimed was trained to give high-fives.MORE:"Minor plaintiff attempted to high five the monkey," the lawsuit states, "but the animal aggre sively bit his hand and caused injuries. Thomas refused to provide vaccination records for her monkey and later falsely stated on social media that minor plaintiff did not have permi sion to be on the property and then said that her friend on the Bobby Bones Show gave a false version of the events."Update on the Jeff Banks + Pole A sa sin monkey attack Brian Orakpo Jersey incident. Lawsuit was filed today.Plaintiff Tucker McCann Jersey has a very good lawyer - who also happens to be an Aggie. Adam Loewy (@LoewyLawFirm) "C.C. was forced to manually pry the monkey's jaw open," the lawsuit, which was,claims. "There was so much blood that C.C. was unable to see the full extent of the injury."When the, Thomas defended her monkey on Twitter and gave her side of the incident. and that she had no knowledge of the bite until a neighborhood physician told her that theytreated the injury. Thomas also claimed that the monkey, a female capuchin named Gia, hasall of her shots and that it is an emotional support animal. Thomas' tweets detailing those claims have been deleted.Thomasalso shared a video, which was also deleted,claiming that the child intruded into her backyard and went straight toward the animal's enclosure. Thomas has since deleted her Twitter account.MORE: "I dont NFL Tennessee Titans Jersey even play when it comes to my animals, Thomas said. "And I know all the legal rules on them. 'Do not enter, emotional support animal, no touching.' How could she (the monkey) viciously bite someone if they dont stick their hand in there where it dont belong? This is her home, and her home only."BIG BROTHER may of deleted it but heres conclusive proof that Pole A sa sins monkey was actually the victim here. Stop the witchunt PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) Thomas is an exotic dancer whose profe sional name is Pole A sa sin. The monkey is apparently featured Josh Reynolds Jersey in some of Thomas' routines and has her own .Banks, who just finished his first season at Texas as a sistant head coach, tight ends coach and special teams coordinator, has not commented on the lawsuit.