COLUMBUS, Ohio — A lawyer who was Columbus’ “naked photographer” says in a deposition for a bar association panel investigating him that his nude stalking of women was an addictive behavior.

Stephen Linnen says he believes the time he served in jail and the counseling he has received will make him a better lawyer.

Linnen, 34, pleaded guilty in September 2004 to 53 misdemeanor counts of public indecency, sexual imposition and criminal trespassing and was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

He would jump naked out of bushes in front of women and take pictures of their shocked expressions.

He’ll appear at a hearing next week before a three-member Columbus Bar Association panel, which will make a recommendation to the Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Linnen could face a suspension or disbarment. Linnen used to work for the Ohio House Republican caucus and now is in private practice.

In the depositions, made public this week by the bar association, Linnen says he has “such a revulsion towards my former behavior. I’m trying to be a better person in recovery and to manage my life in a healthy way.”