With Friday's ruling, judges have thrown out well over 100 convictions. In some cases, Watts' victims refused to pay him money or did something that angered him; in others, there appears to be no reason for why he targeted them. Among the seven men and two women whose cases were tossed out Friday was Lloyd Newman. After telling his attorney that he’d been framed, Newman followed his lawyer's advice and pleaded guilty. Watts was involved with about 1,000 cases perhaps 500 convictions over an eight-year period that ended in 2012, according to Joshua Tepfer, an attorney for Newman.

Source: ABC News February 19, 2021 20:37 UTC