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Town hall battery trial starts next week

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | December 11, 2025 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Paul Trouette, owner of  Hayden-based Lear Asset Management, will face a jury next week for allegedly battering several people during a chaotic legislative town hall in the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium. 

Trouette has pleaded not guilty to four counts of battery, two counts of false imprisonment and citations for security agent uniform and duties violations, all misdemeanors. 

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