William Mattson is the South Carolina man who went super-viral for all the wrong reasons after he was accused of assaulting a woman and then got brutally beaten by the victim’s boyfriend.

Mattson, 52, was charged with criminal conduct after police were summoned to a home in Conway. The boyfriend will face no charges for his part in the skirmish.

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A man apparently found the suspect in a bedroom on top of his girlfriend. Police said the boyfriend then started striking the suspect with his fist and drove him from the house to the front lawn. h/t fox2now

Police said the suspect’s left eye was swollen shut and his lips and face were bleeding.

Deputies said the boyfriend was “acting in defense for the victim.”