A Steamboat Springs restaurateur facing two indecent exposure charges has walked away from a plea deal and will instead take his chances at trial.
Marco Pauvert appeared before Judge James Garrecht in Routt County Court on Wednesday to request that his guilty plea be removed.
In December, Pauvert pleaded guilty to indecent exposure as part of a deal offered by the Routt County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for pleading guilty to the misdemeanor, a second indecent exposure charge would have been dropped. Also as part of the deal, Pauvert would have avoided jail time, served 64 hours of community service and be placed on probation. Pauvert said he took the deal because he wanted to avoid further publicity.
Pauvert was arrested Aug. 25 after a woman accused him of exposing himself to her in his restaurant, The Epicurean in downtown Steamboat. Another woman then went to police and reported a similar incident that she said took place in July. In both cases, the women allege that Pauvert emerged from a restroom naked while they were at the restaurant.
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