He is accused of targeting more than a dozen people in a series of sexual assaults, extortion attempts and threats.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators are asking the public’s help identifying any additional victims of a man accused of targeting more than a dozen people in a series of sexual assaults, extortion attempts and threats that occurred across the Southland over nearly two years.
The suspect, Michael Watson Jr., 21, was arrested Nov. 8 in the Antelope Valley, according to the Sheriff’s Department. The investigation began in February 2021 when deputies responded to a reported rape in the 17000 block of Colima Road in the Hacienda Heights area. According to investigators, Watson allegedly befriended two women on Instagram and was invited to their home, where he is accused of raping one of them and stealing their cell phones.
After fleeing, Watson allegedly contacted one of the victims again over social media and issued a series of threats, including extorting money from her by threatening to post nude images online that he had accessed on one of the stolen cell phones, sheriff’s officials said.
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