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Despite pleas from an alleged victim to keep the case public, a Utah judge has expunged the record of a man once accused of groping women while he was jogging on the Brigham Young University campus in 2014.
Nathan Fletcher, now 25, requested that his criminal record be wiped clean after he successfully completed a diversion agreement for two counts of class A misdemeanor sexual battery. He was not required to enter a plea to the crimes.
One of the alleged victims recently wrote a letter to 4th District Judge Samuel McVey, asking that the case remain open, saying that though the charges were dismissed, a paper trail of the charges should remain in the public record.
Sixteen women reported similar attacks on or near campus in 2014. Fletcher faced charges in two episodes.
Fletcher's former track teammates helped police identify him as the "BYU Groper" when they told police that the gait of the perpetrator seen in surveillance video from around the campus matched Fletcher's.