The attorney for a former assistant track coach at Portsmouth High School charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor has filed a motion to suppress evidence and statements made by his client at the time of his arrest, saying the statements were involuntary, despite having been read and then waiving his Miranda rights.

The motion is expected to delay the start of Joseph Auger’s trial.

Auger, 27, of Portsmouth, was charged April 25 with one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor, alleging he “knowingly” attempted to “entice, obtain, patronize and solicit by any means a 14-year-old girl ... to engage in a commercial sex act.”

According to court documents, Auger allegedly gave $150 in cash to undercover federal agents at a Best Western hotel in South Portland, Maine, according

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