we'll slow you the live radar coming up next on the news at 5:30. >>> charla nash was viciously mauled by her friend's chime manzie in 2009. nash said the state knew the animal that attacked her was dang but did nothing. we want to warn you that some of the video is graphic. we have more on nash's struggle. >> reporter: charla nash revealed her injuries in public for the first time since being severely mauled by her friend's chimpanzee three years ago. now she's trying to move forward with a lawsuit against the state. >> charla nash sits in total darkness without eyes, without hands, without her face. >> reporter: the commissioner must give permission to sue. in 2009 the chem travis got loose. >> he's killing my friend. >> reporter: charla barely survived the mauling. >> in this 2009 interview with oprah winfrey, she bravely exposed her injuries to the world. >> had the state exercised its mandatory obligation to seeps and dispose of this illegally dpeand chimp, it with have never happened. >> allowing suits against the state for some particular provision would result in many claims. >

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