A Luzerne County man was sentenced to the county Intermediate Punishment Program in Butler County Court on Wednesday, after being charged with molesting another person at the annual re-enactment gathering at Coopers Lake campground in 2015.

Derek C. Holton, 29, of Shavertown was sentenced to two years in the program, with the first 30 days on house arrest with electronic monitoring by President Judge Thomas Doerr.

He was also ordered to pay court costs and a $500 fine, undergo any recommended counseling, complete 40 hours of community service and have no contact with the victim.

Doerr also allowed his supervision to be transferred to Luzerne County.

He previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor simple assault on Oct. 13, 2016, but later withdrew that plea before entering another plea to the same charge on March 20.

Holton was initially charged with two misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and a summary charge of harassment. The simple assault charge to which he pleaded was later added, and the remaining charges were dismissed as part of the plea.

State police filed the charges after an incident Aug. 5, 2015.

Authorities said Holton and a 41-year-old woman were friends July 31 when they traveled separately to northern Butler County to attend the two-week event that draws thousands of devotees from across the country and around the world. Police said the woman went by herself and Holton traveled with his wife.

The woman accompanied the Holtons and other friends Aug. 5 to several parties at the campground. During the night, the victim decided to leave the group and walked back alone to her tent, according to court documents.

She told investigators that soon after unzipping her tent, Holton accosted her. As it continued, she cried out and yelled from him to stop.

Her screams alerted another re-enactor, who came running — armed with a stick — from his tent next to the victim's.

The man told police that when he saw the woman being held against her will, he charged after Holton with the stick. Holton, who had been drinking, ran off.

The woman recounted that the next day, the suspect showed up at her tent and apologized for his behavior, documents said. The woman on Aug. 7 notified police.

A trooper on Aug. 26 interviewed Holton, who admitted that he walked to the victim's tent Aug. 5 but “did not remember anything after that,” a police affidavit said.

He acknowledged, however, that “things must have got out of hand” and that he “felt terribly about it,” the affidavit said.

The victim spoke during the proceeding, saying the incident changed her life and “made a hobby that was enjoyable to me quite undesirable.”

“I live in constant fear,” she said, describing her panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis. “He ignored my pleas and screams to stop. I trusted him like a brother,” she said.

The woman said she was not pleased with the outcome of the case.

“No one is willing to fight for a more suitable outcome,” she said. “It is not fair and justice has not been served for this violent and sexual assault on me.”

Tracy Veri, sexual offender probation officer for the Butler County Adult Probation Office, testified saying that testing showed that Holton, “does not meet the criteria to be defined as a sexual offender or in need of sexual offender treatment” and that there was “minimal risk to reoffend generally.”

Holton apologized, saying he was sorry that the incident occurred and “is never going to happen again.”