Chimpanzee attack victim appears on Oprah (VIDEO)

By IBTimes Staff Reporter | November 12 2009 10:17 AM

A woman from Stanford Connecticut lost her face in February this year after she was severely mauled by her friend's 200 pound chimpanzee.

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Charla Nash, 56, was visiting her friend, Sandra Herold, who has a pet chimpanzee when the chimp attacked her. Nash now walks around veiled not to scare people, she said.

The Nash family is suing Herold for $50 million.

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