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Brooke Covington Trial Begins Over 2013 Kidnapping Allegations
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- Brooke Covington, Word of Faith leader, begins her trial Monday in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
- She faces second-degree kidnapping and simple assault charges from a 2013 incident with teen Matthew Fenner.
- Fenner says Covington and members held him down, choked and beat him for two hours.
- Judge William Stetzer suspended attorney Andrew LaBreche for three years and ordered payment of District Attorney Ted Bell’s legal fees.