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Lawyer For Rand Paul's Neighbor Says 'Trivial' Dispute Led To Assault

The attorney for Rene Boucher says "a matter that most people would regard as trivial" is behind an incident that left Sen. Rand Paul with five broken ribs.
Rene Boucher and Sen. Rand Paul are neighbors in this Bowling Green, Ky., community. The two have had a long-running dispute, according to Boucher's attorney. NPR has modified this image from Google Maps to obscure street names to protect Paul's and Boucher's privacy.

Days after Sen. Rand Paul suffered five broken ribs, the lawyer for the man who has been charged with assaulting Paul says that politics are not involved — and that it was a case of "a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would

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