Rene Boucher asks for partial dismissal of lawsuit, files counterclaim against Rand Paul, his wife and Rivergreen HOA

Rene Boucher asked Warren Circuit Court Wednesday for a partial dismissal of a lawsuit filed against him by his neighbor U.S. Senator Rand Paul and filed a counterclaim against Paul, his wife and the Rivergreen Homeowners Association.

Boucher pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court March 9 to one count of assaulting a member of Congress for an assault on Paul last year. He has been sentenced to serve 30 days in prison.

Paul in his June 22 lawsuit against Boucher is asking for compensatory and punitive damages, attorneys fees and a permanent injunction that prevents Boucher from contact with Paul.

In Boucher’s answer to that suit, Boucher asked the court to dismiss the portion of the lawsuit in which Paul requests a restraining order that prevents Boucher from contact with Paul citing that Paul already has that protection in place through U.S. District Court in which the federal judge who presided over the assault case ordered Boucher to have no intentional contact with Paul.

“We’re trying to get the request for the restraining order dismissed,” Boucher’s attorney Matt Baker said.

Boucher also filed a counterclaim against Paul and his wife Kelley Paul  alleging they did not follow the protective covenants of their homeowners’ association when, according to the lawsuit, Paul placed yard debris about 10 feet long and five feet high near their property line in Sept. 2017. Boucher cites other instances of similar activity and additionally filed a counterclaim against the HOA alleging the organization did not enforce its covenants.

Boucher has requested a July 2 court hearing on his motion to dismiss.