Two men charged in a widely-publicized beating of two gay men in Philadelphia will not serve any time behind bars after accepting a plea deal.

Philip Williams, 25 and Kevin Harrigan, 26, apologized to the victims for the September 2014 assault.

‘I’m very sorry for my actions that night. I apologize to the victims,’ Williams said. ‘My conduct had nothing to do with their sexual orientation. That is not how I live my life or the person I am.’

Harrigan said: ‘I want to reiterate what Phil said. None of us wanted this to happen. It is what it is, and I’m sorry for the whole situation.’

Williams has been placed on probation and been banned from Center City, where the attack took place, for five years. Harrigan’s probation and ban will last three years. Both must also perform 200 hours of community service at an LGBTI facility, according to EPGN.

One victim sustained facial injuries, including an orbital fracture and wired jaw after being punched in the face, head, and chest. During the crime, one suspect allegedly called one of the victims ‘a, dirty, fucking faggot.’

The third suspect in the attack, Kathryn Knott, 25, rejected a plea deal and will stand trial.

Knott is the daughter of Chalfont police Chief Karl Knott. She gained notoriety after her arrest because it was discovered that she had posted photos of patient X-rays on Twitter that she had access to through her job at a hospital.

She was from the Lansdale Hospital where she worked as an emergency room technician.

A month after the attack, the couple had issued a statement about what happened to them.

‘We feel sorry for our attackers – people who believed it was OK, cool, maybe even funny, to use two innocent individuals as their punching bags and not even have the decency to apologize,’ they stated.

They added: ‘You butchered my boyfriend’s beautiful face. You violated our rights. You jeopardized our health and safety in a city that we love and during a time where so much progress around human rights has been made.

‘We are also determined to do everything in our power to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else again.’