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. 

A three-day jury trial in the case is set to begin Monday. 

Last week, city prosecutors dismissed charges of battery and false imprisonment against his security guards involved in the incident. The men wore plainclothes and did not identify themselves as security personnel when they dragged Post Falls resident Teresa Borrenpohl out of the auditorium at the behest of Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris. 

In addition to Borrenpohl, investigators identified three members of the public who Norris or security personnel “forcefully touched or physically removed” from the town hall, including a woman who said Trouette touched her breast after pushing her down the hallway outside the auditorium and while attempting to turn her around to zip tie her hands. 

Police said Trouette and another security guard touched a man who exited the auditorium after Norris told him to leave. According to court records, when the man paused to wait for his wife, who is visually impaired and uses a cane to navigate, Trouette “put his hands” on the man and turned his body. 

A third attendee, Coeur d’Alene resident Gregg Johnson, alleges that Norris violated his constitutional rights by removing him from the town hall and zip-tying his hands after he spoke against the actions of the security personnel. 

Security footage showed Norris and Trouette walking Johnson out of the auditorium, pushing him against a wall, then spreading his legs and zip-tying his hands. 

Johnson filed a tort claim notice against Kootenai County and Bob Norris in August, seeking $2.5 million in damages. 

Borrenpohl has also filed a tort claim notice against the county, seeking $5 million for alleged violations of her constitutional rights. 

Post Falls resident Michael Keller is also charged with misdemeanor battery for his alleged actions during the town hall. Prosecutors said Keller shoved one of Borrenpohl’s friends. Police said footage from the event “shows the battery by Keller very clearly.” 

Keller has pleaded not guilty to the charge. A jury trial in the case is set for February. 

In Idaho, false imprisonment is punishable by up to a year in jail and a maximum fine of $5,000.A misdemeanor battery carries a maximum sentence of six months and a fine of up to $1,000.