Skotty is a black-capped capuchin monkey who prosecutors said was abused and fed amphetamines by the Westwood man who owned ...

Skotty, a black-capped capuchin monkey, was seized in 2022 from his Ohio owner who fed him amphetamines. Now, he's living at a sanctuary in Florida.

But this is an overnight sensation more than forty years in the making that owes its recent success to the influence of a capuchin monkey in North Carolina, with a very big social media following.

Skotty is a black-capped capuchin monkey who prosecutors said was abused and fed amphetamines by the Westwood man who owned him. In February 2022, when authorities seized Skotty, then about 6 ...