Texas football coach marries his stripper girlfriend named 'pole assassin' - whose pet monkey allegedly attacked a child on Halloween

The Texas Longhorns' special teams coordinator, Jeff Banks, wed his stripper girlfriend, Dani Thomas, better known as pole assassin, over the weekend. 

The nuptials came almost three years after Thomas' 'emotional support monkey' allegedly bit a young child. 

However, there was no sign of the primate at the ceremony, which appeared to have taken place in Texas.

'Incredible 72 hours with our family and closest friends,' Banks captioned a selfie of the newlyweds on the dance floor at the reception. 

'We truly love you all now off to Barcelona for our honeymoon,' he added.  

Other staff members at the University of Texas also shared snaps from the big day, including a sweet photo of the couple sharing their first dance. 

Although Banks and Thomas haven't been making headlines since 2021, the pair's relationship has been far from drama-free. 

Banks separated from his wife Kori, with whom she shares daughter, Sydnei and sons Gage and Tanner, in late 2017. 

By February 2018, he was dating Thomas.

The adult entertainer, who once appeared on Jerry Springer with her monkey Gia, was criticized in 2021 after her pet allegedly bit a child in a Haunted House she set up in her yard for Halloween. 

She angrily denied the claims in a since-deleted Twitter post, per Sports Illustrated.

'I had a haunted house on one side gated off/ he had no permission to go pass the gate i had no idea he went in my back yard,' she wrote at the time.

'Neither did i know anything about a bite ! Until a doctor of neighborhood told me the treat a small bite. No parent have contacted me about it,' she continued. 

'A 11 /12 year old child should know better then to enter someone yard without permission and old enough to also follow the rules. The rules were when u get to the gate turn around and come back out for candy every other parent and child did so,' she added. 

'People lie so much it's ridiculous ! Stop believing everything u hear ! And more of what u see ! SMH !' 

Banks, who joined the staff at the University of Texas in 2021, became the first special teams coordinator to receive a salary of $1 million or greater.

His wedding - and subsequent European honeymoon - comes at a busy time for Texas' football program, which is embarking on its debut season in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The Longhorns finished 12-2 last year with the returning Quinn Ewers under center. The Southlake, Texas native recorded 22 touchdown passes and just six interceptions for head coach Steve Sarkisian, who is expected to compete for an SEC crown in his first season since leaving the Big 12.

But it's the presence of Peyton and Eli Manning's nephew, backup quarterback Arch, that has made the Longhorns one of the most visible teams in the country entering 2024. 

Arch is not expected to start, but Sarkisian has said the highly touted redshirt freshman will see the field in 2024 

'We're probably going to need both [Ewers and Manning] at some point this season,' Sarkisian told reporters last week.