A jury awarded Sen. Rand Paul more than half a million dollars Wednesday in a civil suit against the neighbor who attacked him, according to multiple reports.
Rene Boucher, who attacked Paul from behind while he was doing yard work at his Bowling Green, Ky., home, now owes the Kentucky Republican $580,000 in damages.
Boucher pleaded guilty in March 2018 to assaulting a member of Congress for the incident. Boucher, who had faced 21 months, was sentenced in June to 30 days in prison and a year of supervised release after the judge said the attack was a dispute between neighbors and not politically motivated.
Paul filed suit later that month, claiming in the suit left him with an “increased likelihood of, and susceptibility to, injury and disease.” He sought compensatory and punitive damages.
He had earlier said his injuries had left him in “a living hell,” in pain from the broken ribs and coping with multiple bouts of pneumonia.
