Both later appealed their verdicts to Charlottesville Circuit Court.

Collins entered an Alford plea — in which he did not admit guilt but said the prosecution had enough evidence to convict him. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail, all suspended.

On Thursday, the defense and prosecution presented their arguments in the Winder case to a seven-person jury. The jury was shown photographs and videos from the conference and heard witness testimony.

The first witness, Kessler, said he did not know who hit him at the conference but, thanks to investigations from the Charlottesville Police Department, was now confident the man in the photographs was Winder.

Though he did not sustain any physical injuries during the event, Kessler said he did suffer lasting emotional trauma.

“I was attacked in front of the whole world, and then people made fun of me for it,” he said.

Henry Graff, a reporter for NBC29 who interviewed Winder after the incident, said he knew Winder through his part-time winery job. Later on Aug. 13, Graff interviewed Winder, who never admitted to his involvement in the scuffle.