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The Utah man once accused of groping women while he was jogging on the Brigham Young University campus is asking to have his criminal record wiped clean — but one alleged victim is asking that the court case not be expunged.

Nathan Fletcher, now 25, was charged in 2014 with two counts of class A misdemeanor sexual battery, accused of groping women on BYU's campus.

But he resolved the criminal case last January by entering into a diversion agreement, where he was ordered to complete a psychosexual evaluation, undergo a polygraph examination and attend any recommended counseling. He was also expected to obey all laws and commit no new crimes in the next 18 months. He was not required to enter a plea to the crimes.

In February, a judge dismissed the charges after Fletcher's attorney provided proof that his client had completed all of the requirements listed in the agreement. And in May, Fletcher petitioned the court to expunge the records, while prosecutors that same month filed a favorable recommendation for the records to be expunged.

But one of the women who says she was groped filed a letter with the court last month, asking that the court records remain open.

"I feel very strongly that [it is] in the best interest of the community and society as a whole [that] an account of Fletcher's actions should in no way be cleared or wiped away from the awareness of the public," the woman wrote to 4th District Judge Samuel McVey. "... Were these a 'one-time' offense, it would be reasonable for an expungement to be sought after. This case does not just involve one victim, however. At least two victims were able to take Nathan Fletcher to court, but at least 10 other women who reported being attacked by the 'BYU Groper' are almost assuredly linked directly to this case."

The woman further wrote that the attacks were premeditated and pursued over many months by a perpetrator she says "is almost most certainly Mr. Fletcher."

In her letter, the woman lamented a culture that protects sexual offenders and causes reluctance in victims to report what happened to them, pointing to the recent lenient sentence given to a Stanford University swimmer who sexually assaulted a woman.

"I believe it is still ... important to emphasize the reality of consequences to malicious actions," she wrote. "For his sake, for my sake, for the sake of the 10+ other girls who don't even have the ability to speak up, and for the sake of all women the world over."

Sixteen women reported similar attacks on or near campus in 2014. Fletcher faced charges in two episodes.

The Tribune does not publicly identify victims of sexual assault.

No court dates have been set in Fletcher's case, and the judge has yet to rule on the expungement request.

Fletcher's former attorney, John Allen, said Friday that the request is pretty typical at this point in a case.

"He never even admitted any fault under the circumstances," Allen said of Fletcher. "Which also means the city didn't believe they had the strongest case, or they wouldn't have offered a diversion agreement."

While the alleged victim placed guilt on Fletcher, Allen emphasized that his client never admitted to the crimes. Prosecutors did not return a request seeking comment Friday.

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.