Matthew Vegan

Matthew "Monkey" Vegan is a character role-played by Monkey03.

Description
Monkey was originally a Crime Scene Investigator for the Metropolitan Police back in the UK. He was accused of concealing evidence to protect his family, so he fled to Los Santos as a face painter to hide.

He is a mysterious criminal and is always seen wearing a monkey mask and rarely shows his face, and is therefore known as simply "Monkey" to most people. He was also a formerly a member of the Misfits.

Robbery Incident and Raid
On his first month back into the city, Monkey was raided after an incident which involved the Misfits, Eugene Zuckerberg, and Park Ranger Conan Clarkson. Monkey went onto Eugene's bus tour, taking 7 people hostage and robbed the Fleeca Bank on Legion Square. His clean getaway resulted in Clarkson having a vendetta against him.

Shortly after, Clarkson paid Eugene $2,000 to get him to dress up in Monkey's then-infamous firefighter uniform and rob the Grapeseed 24/7 so Clarkson could catch him in the act. However, Eugene double-crossed Clarkson which allowed Monkey and the Misfits to rob Clarkson and teach him a lesson.

The Misfits robbed a PD Assault Rifle, a PD Shotgun, and a PD Pistol off of Clarkson, along with other minor items. Clarkson found out soon after that it was Monkey who robbed him, and this led to Clarkson raiding Monkey, who ended up with a 1000 month sentence and a $67,000 fine.

First Removal from the Misfits
After Monkey finished serving his sentence, he went and took several weapons from the Misfits stash in Creampie Creations, believing that it would get raided, but his good intentions got the better of him.

Seeing their stash was lighter than usual, combined with Monkey's disrespectful attitude towards OTT, the other Misfits met up with him at the Vinewood Bowl to discuss the situation and his disrespect. It was mainly Monkey's attitude that OTT deemed unacceptable, in addition to his constant statements that the other Misfits were equally responsible for him getting raided. There were other points brought up by the rest of the Misfits (like taking items out of the stash), eventually leading to Tommy Cruizer hitting him with an axe multiple times, followed ahortly after by him being pocket cleaned by Josh King. He was then kicked out of the Misfits by OTT.

His half-conscious body was later found by Lauren Forcer and he was taken to the hospital. He survived the incident.

Return to the Misfits
For several days after being kicked out, Monkey spent time mostly alone towing cars. He also tried to find information about Josh in an attempt to track him down and kill him for pocket cleaning him after he was downed by Tommy. However, he was unable to track him down.

Soon after, Monkey met up with OTT and told him to call him if he needed his help. The next day, Monkey met up with OTT again. Monkey apologized to him for his disrespect and misunderstanding, and the two came to an understanding. OTT called Monkey his right-hand man due to his effort with the war against the The Families, taking down practically all of them. Monkey was re-invited to join the Misfits by OTT and he accepted, officially re-joining the Misfits. After a while, Monkey began appearing in the city less and less over time. His role as OTT's right-hand man would eventually be taken over by Hutch Hendrickson. Monkey eventually stopped appearing in the city, and has currently been inactive for months.

Second Removal from the Misfits
In February of 2020, Monkey was once again kicked out of the Misfits for the second (and presumably final) time by OTT due to being inactive and never being in the city (never logging on to the server). It is currently unknown if he will ever return to the city in the future, and what his future interactions with the Misfits would look like, if any at all.