BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday he isn't going to comment further on the investigation into the recent French Quarter attack that left his chief fundraiser and her boyfriend injured.
Allee Bautsch, 25, suffered a broken leg, and her boyfriend suffered a broken jaw, nose and concussion.
When asked about the incident on Monday, Jindal said the couple is now recovering at home after receiving "serious" injuries.
“We're going to refrain from commenting on it. We certainly keep her in our thoughts and prayers,” Jindal said. “I know she appreciates many people asked about her. She is home, which is a positive step.”
Bautsch’s companion, 29-year-old Joseph Brown, told police he heard nothing suggesting the attack was politically motivated.
Brown said protesters were outside Brennan's restaurant during the Louisiana Republican Party event on April 9. But most of them had left about an hour before he and Bautsch left the restaurant, Brown told police.
Brown said several protesters were loitering outside the restaurant when they left, and he heard "cat calls" as they walked away. A group of three to five men followed them from the restaurant, yelled obscenities and taunted them, but he heard nothing suggesting the attack was politically motivated. The police report does not say what the protest was about.
Bautsch, who suffered a broken leg in the attack, was either pushed down or fell after Brown was attacked. Brown suffered a mild concussion and broken jaw and nose that required hospital treatment.
One of the attackers pushed Brown into an iron gate that surrounds the state Supreme Court building.
"He then fell to the ground, and one of the attackers got on top of him and began to attack him," the report says. "Mr. Brown stated as he was being pushed to the ground, Ms. Bautsch was also either pushed down or fell down near where he was."
No suspects have been identified in the attack, a department spokesman said.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
