Ex-Paul Campaign Worker Gets Probation in Scuffle
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has agreed to serve probation and pay medical expenses in a misdemeanor assault case involving a liberal activist during the 2010 election.
Assistant Fayette County Attorney Jackie Alexander said that under an Alford plea, 53-year-old Tim Profitt received a year of unsupervised probation and agreed to pay $600 to cover the medical bills of 23-year-old Lauren Valle with the group MoveOn.org.
By entering an Alford plea Monday, Profitt acknowledged that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him but didn't admit guilt.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The incident took place Oct. 25 in Lexington outside the studio where Paul, a Republican, and Democrat Jack Conway debated.
Video of the incident showed Valle being pulled down, her faced pinned to the concrete and then being stepped on.