A 26-year-old man charged with recording Snapchat videos of himself touching the intimate parts of a “barely conscious” freshman at Stockton University is trying again to get into a diversionary program that could keep his criminal record clean.

Zachary Madle, a 2015 Stockton graduate from North Wildwood, was rejected from the pretrial intervention program (PTI) after the Atlantic City Prosecutor’s Office wrote a letter saying that Madle could be dangerous, has exhibited a pattern of predatory behavior and shows no remorse, according to court filings by his attorneys.

Madle’s attorneys say in that same filing that Madle is a smart man with a bright future that could be derailed by a conviction. He “hopes to overcome this mistake in his life,” his attorney said.

On Monday, Madle will ask Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Waldman to override the previous rejection and admit him to the PTI program.

The allegations against Madle first came to light last July when a woman filed a lawsuit accusing him of raping her on two occasions in 2017 when she was a freshman at Stockton and he was a 23-year-old alumnus. The suit claimed Madle may have spiked her drink. Since she sued, two other students have since filed similar suits against Madle and seven other women have sued other students and the university alleging sexual assaults or harassment.

On Feb. 15, 2017, the only night that led to criminal charges against Madle, the woman said Madle came to her dorm room and she drank two or three cups of wine before blacking out. In the morning she woke up naked and learned she had been raped when she saw the SnapChat videos, according to the lawsuit.

She went to police and Madle was charged in 2017 with invasion of privacy for posting the videos. In November, a grand jury indicted Madle on charges of aggravated criminal sexual contact and two counts of recording a sex act without consent.

In a criminal complaint in 2017, an officer said one video showed Madle touching the groin of the woman, who was in her underwear and “barely conscious.” Another video taken from the bed showed the woman lying naked on the floor with the caption “Broads sleep on the floor... f--- that cuddling sh--,” according to the criminal complaint.

Madle’s attorneys at Reynolds and Scheffler say the sex was consensual. He has denied the charges in court.

In a letter to Judge Waldman, one of his attorneys, Fahmida Islam, said that the PTI director initially recommended Madle for the program but then denied him entry based on the prosecutor’s office’s letter. To overturn that rejection, the judge must find that the prosecutor’s objection is “a patent and gross abuse of discretion."

“The state concludes that Defendant displays a pattern of anti-social and predatory behavior and foregoing prosecution would be a disservice to the public trust because Defendant is a danger to the public,” Islam wrote in the letter brief on Madle’s behalf.

PTI is for people who are amenable to rehabilitation and have charges stemming from a personal problem that could be treated well under the supervision of the PTI program, Islam argued, and Madle fits that description. Madle struggles with alcohol and his intoxication on the night in question “contributed to this matter," she said.

He has no criminal record, has started psychiatric counseling, holds down a job as a Lyft and Uber driver, and is “refraining from the behavior associated with the pending charges against him,” Islam wrote. She also noted he aims to pursue a career in business, but that a conviction could end those dreams.

“There is no benefit to be served by prosecuting a young man when his only motivation in life is to advance his goals in business, care for his blind mother and uncle, and live a law abiding life,” she wrote.

Seven people submitted letters of support to the judge, describing him as a hard-working, respectful and compassionate man. The authors included Madle’s girlfriend, neighbors and several patrons of the Flow House Wildwod, where Madle has worked as a bartender.

Requests for comment were not returned by the prosecutor’s office Wednesday afternoon. Madle’s attorneys also did not return calls.

Rebecca Everett may be reached at reverett@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @rebeccajeverett. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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