On Monday, Emile Hirsch was sentenced to 15 days in jail for a misdemeanor assault at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Hirsch, who was in Park City, Utah, with the indie film 10,000 Saints, pleaded guilty to assaulting Paramount digital vice president Daniele Bernfeld on January 25 at Tao Nightclub.

In a statement read to the court before the actor was sentenced, Bernfeld described the alleged altercation.

I was subjected to a violent and unprovoked attack by a complete stranger. The defendant, Emile Hirsch, put me in a chokehold, pulled me off my feet and threw me on the floor. With the full force of his weight, he choked me until I blacked out. It took two people to pull him off me, and if not for their intervention, the attack would have continued. I thought I was going to die.”

In court today, the actor said there was “no excuse” for his “wrong” and “reckless” behavior. Hirsch also apologized to Bernfeld before receiving a sentence of 15 days in jail, a $4,750 fine, and a requirement of 50 hours of community service.

Per statements obtained by Page Six, Bernfeld very much opposed Hirsch’s plea.

“The long-lasting effects of this assault will remain with me. Mr. Hirsch’s plea, however, provides that in 90 days his case will be dismissed without record. There is no assurance that he will serve any of the 15 days of jail time associated with his plea.

“Quite simply, this punishment does not fit the crime. While the Park City Police Department treated me with courtesy and respect, this plea deal meets the bare minimum required to placate the regulations of our legal system. If a violent attack in front of a roomful of witnesses can be labeled a misdemeanor and dismissed, what of women who are assaulted while alone in hallways or bathrooms, or behind the closed doors of their own homes.

“While I appreciate that the court is trying to send a message to Mr. Hirsch, the message to him and those who may follow needs to be louder and stronger.”

In February, Hirsch’s lawyer Robert Offer claimed that the actor was too intoxicated to remember what happened that evening: “Emile consumed an enormous amount of alcohol on the evening in question and he has no memory of what happened.”

Hirsch, who checked into rehab this past February, has three films in the pipeline according to IMDB, none of which have been given release dates.