Alabama ladies take on with Dr. Phil over dog attack that cost one part of her scalp

Two Alabama ladies recently dealt with each other on tv to state their sides of a 2021 dog attack that led to injuries to the lady and the euthanization of the canine.

Teri Angel and Valina Jackson appeared on the “Dr. Phil” reveal with the host, Phil McGraw, to discuss the event that took place in a Guntersville home in September 2021.

Angel and Jackson were buddies at the time of the attack, according to Angel.

Angel informed McGraw and the studio audience that she was checking out a friend in a medical facility bed in Jackson’s home when the attack took place.

Angel said the dog, Havoc, initially grazed her arm, then detached part of her scalp as she leaned on the bed. She likewise had deep bites to her arm.

At initially, Jackson was distressed by the “horrific” attack, however later on remained in “cover up mode.”

A 5 inch by 10 inch area of the scalp was torn from Angel’s head that cosmetic surgeons might not reattach, she said. Instead, medical professionals utilized a skin graft from Angel’s thigh to fix the damage.

Jackson, in talking with McGraw, said Angel overemphasized her injuries, which were not major. Though the 2 were buddies, Jackson competed that Angel was trespassing when the event took place.

“The insurance company didn’t pay because of that,” she said. “I filed it on my homeowners rental insurance, and they didn’t pay, because they said she was like a burglar.”

Angel said she was paid by the insurance provider.

“There aren’t versions of the truth,” McGraw said. “She either was invited to the home or she wasn’t, they either paid or they didn’t, and this was either a serious attack or it wasn’t.”

Jackson, after seeing numerous declarations, implicated Angel of paying individuals to overemphasize the attack. Jackson did state throughout the program that she initially rejected the dog came from her.

“I probably did say that,” she said.

Havoc, a pit bull terrier mix which was euthanized in January, was the topic of a suit that made everything the method to the Alabama Supreme Court.

The City of Guntersville took the dog following a court hearing the following month. The dog’s personality was dealt with according to “Emily’s Law,” a 2018 state law called for Emily Colvin, the 24-year-old victim in a deadly 2017 dog attack.

After a hearing, Jackson was jailed in November 2021, in addition to 2 other individuals, for supposedly burglarizing the animal shelter where the dog was being held and taking him.

The Alabama Supreme Court later on verified a choice to euthanize the dog. Jackson was likewise purchased to compensate the city of Guntersville for the expenses of holding Havoc.

“I hate that it happened, but you can only do so much to a dog,” Jackson said throughout the program. “If you’re scared of him, why did you sit right beside him?”