Brandi Botello is raising money to get her spider monkey out of a wildlife sanctuary. Even if she gets the money, the 29-year-old has to figure out where to take the animal legally.

Yes, but: Funky Monkey Ranch, the Tarrant County sanctuary caring for the monkey, says he's malnourished and has severe metabolic bone disease. His health challenges include enlarged joints and a misaligned face and jaw.

A Dallas-area influencer’s pet monkey was malnourished and underweight when he was confiscated by police, say authorities.

According to a report from NBC News, Botello claims that she wasn't driving at the time of the accident and that she had passed out in the passenger seat while holding the spider monkey. Botello told NBC that after the accident she "hopped over to the driver's seat", but didn't explain why.

A North Texas social media influencer has started a viral campaign pleading for the return of her pet spider monkey, named Jorgie Boy, after he was confiscated by police when she was accused of driving while intoxicated.

It wasn't the first time Dwan and Andrew Johns rescued a spider monkey. Tarrant County's Funkey Monkey Ranch owners took in one in June. But "Jorgie Boy," the one they got on Nov. 9, looked like it had special needs,

A spider monkey belonging to a Dallas-area influencer had a disease caused by malnutrition when police took him from his owner over the weekend, officials said. The monkey, named Jorgie Boy, was taken from his owner,

She's raising money to get her monkey out of a wildlife sanctuary after Dallas Police stripped her of the animal.

A North Texas social media influencer, Brandi Botello, has launched a viral campaign to get her pet spider monkey, Jorgie Boy, back after police confiscated him following a suspected DWI incident.