Rand Paul's wife speaks out on attack says media 'victimized' her husband
Rand Paul
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paulâs wife  is accusing the media of making things worse for  her  husband as he recovers from an attack by a neighbor that left him badly injured earlier this month.
âIt is incredibly hurtful that some news outlets have victimized Rand a second time as he struggles to recover â  Kelley Paul  wrote in a piece published Tuesday on CNN.com.
 Paul âs neighbor  59-year-old Rene Boucher  has been charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was released from jail on a $7 500 bond after police say he tackled  Paul  on Nov. 3 as he mowed his grass.
 Kelley Paul  accused some outlets of âdelighting in hateful headlines like âNot A Perfect Neighbor â and concocting theories about an âongoing dispute â based on nothing more than speculation from an attention-seeking person with no knowledge of anything to do with us.â
After the incident  The Louisville-Courier Journal ran a story titled â Rand Paul  is not a perfect neighbor  says community developer â though the headline has since been changed.
The Washington Examiner wrote a story titled â Rand Paul  and neighbor had ongoing dispute about yard waste before assault â and other outlets also reported on a landscaping dispute.
 Kelley Paul  said such characterizations are wrong.
âThis was not a âscuffle â a âfightâ or an âaltercation â as many in the media falsely describe it â  Kelley Paul  wrote. âIt was a deliberate  blindside attack. The impact left  Rand  with six broken ribs  three displaced  pleural effusion and now pneumonia. This has been a terrible experience; made worse by the media's gleeful attempts to blame  Rand  for it  ridiculing him for everything from mowing his own lawn to composting.â
She said  Paul  has faced complications during the recovery  including after making a trip to Washington for votes.
âAs  we  walked through the airport returning from D.C.   he  was shivering with a 102.5 fever  and the next morning  his  internist diagnosed pneumonia in  his  damaged lung â she said.
Since the attack   Kelley Paul  said  her husband  hasnât taken a âsingleâ breath âwithout pain.â
â He  has not had a single night's sleep uninterrupted by long periods of difficult breathing or excruciating coughing â she said.
[TGT] is accusing the media of making things worse for   [TGT]   husband as  [TGT]  recovers from an attack by a neighbor that left  [TGT]  badly injured earlier this month.
âIt is incredibly hurtful that some news outlets have victimized Rand a second time as  [TGT]  struggles to recover â  Kelley Paul  wrote in a piece published Tuesday on CNN.com.
 Paul âs neighbor  59-year-old Rene Boucher  has been charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was released from jail on a $7 500 bond after police say he tackled  Paul  on Nov. 3 as he mowed his grass.
 Kelley Paul  accused some outlets of âdelighting in hateful headlines like âNot A Perfect Neighbor â and concocting theories about an âongoing dispute â based on nothing more than speculation from an attention-seeking person with no knowledge of anything to do with us.â
After the incident  The Louisville-Courier Journal ran a story titled  [TGT] is not a perfect neighbor  says community developer â though the headline has since been changed.
The Washington Examiner wrote a story titled  [TGT] and neighbor had ongoing dispute about yard waste before assault â and other outlets also reported on a landscaping dispute.
 Kelley Paul  said such characterizations are wrong.
âThis was not a âscuffle â a âfightâ or an âaltercation â as many in the media falsely describe it â  Kelley Paul  wrote. âIt was a deliberate  blindside attack. The impact left  Rand  with six broken ribs  three displaced  pleural effusion and now pneumonia. This has been a terrible experience; made worse by the media's gleeful attempts to blame  Rand  for it  ridiculing him for everything from mowing his own lawn to composting.â
She said  Paul  has faced complications during the recovery  including after making a trip to Washington for votes.
âAs  we  walked through the airport returning from D.C.   he  was shivering with a 102.5 fever  and the next morning  his  internist diagnosed pneumonia in  his  damaged lung â she said.
Since the attack   Kelley Paul  said  her husband  hasnât taken a âsingleâ breath âwithout pain.â
â He  has not had a single night's sleep uninterrupted by long periods of difficult breathing or excruciating coughing â she said.