An Austin man who was accused of choking a 19-year-old woman and repeatedly hitting a 41-year-old woman in the same altercation has been sentenced to one year on probation.

James Brian Meyer, 54, was sentenced Thursday in Mower County Court on a misdemeanor domestic assault charge. Three other counts of domestic assault were previously dropped in a plea agreement — two being felony strangulation charges.

According to a court complaint, Meyer said he had been awakened the evening of Sept. 17 when the two females got into an argument and were outside his bedroom door on the ground pulling each other’s hair.

Meyer apparently came out of the bedroom, grabbed the younger female by the throat and threw her against the wall, causing her to fall onto the bed. Meyer then held her down and slapped her several times.

The 19-year-old said, “It went black,” according to court files.

Meyer apparently hit the 41-year-old victim several times before she locked herself in the bathroom.

Court documents said that Meyer punched a hole in one of the bedroom doors and left a bloody fist print on the wall. He also dented the bathroom door when he attempted to punch through it.

Meyer was visibly intoxicated when officers spoke to him that night. When he explained the incident to the officers he said he woke up to the sounds of the two women fighting and he broke up the fight. He said it was possible that he threw the younger victim on the bed and choked her to stop the fight.

The younger victim had small cuts on her lip, an abrasion to her right temple and a bruise on her neck, according to court documents.

Meyer will be on supervised probation until he completes a male cognitive skills program; after that, his probation will go unsupervised.