People v. Watson CA2/6

Filed 3/27/24 P. v. Watson CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B330218 (Super. Ct. No. 2020010397) Plaintiff and Respondent, (Ventura County)

v.

JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER

WATSON,

Defendant and Appellant.

In 2019, 12-year-old S.S. received a series of sexually explicit messages on her cell phone. She later came home early from a wedding, asked her mother if she could go to the park late one night, and then did not want to attend school. None of these behaviors were typical for S.S. Her mother grew concerned. She took S.S.’s phone and determined that Justin Christopher Watson had sent the explicit messages. The messages indicated that Watson, then age 21, knew S.S. was a minor.…