I know. I've read it. But as the lawyer above said if there was enough evidence for a compelling case it wouldn't have taken so long to get this far.
I have no idea but just from everything else, everything during Covid has taken longer. I would also assume the sheer number of women involved makes it harder to be quick with the case.
What the lawyer is saying is he "hears" there is very little physical evidence, which is not surprising since this happened in situations with only 2 people present.
It's also been pointed out before and this lawyer you're citing has even admitted it, IF criminal charges are filed, the fact that Watson paid some of these women to fly to him, across state lines, is going to be a huge problem for him.
One of the complaints has already passed the statute of limitations, it was from 2019. The first public case by Solis, is about 1 month away from statute of limitations. note that's to CHARGE him, the whole reason they did a grand jury is it's faster they wanted to get a decision on if they're going to charge him or not before the statute of limitations on the Solis case is up.
the misdemeanor part is coming from the search warrant they filed to get his social media and cash apps access, they listed indecent assault on the search warrant. In Texas that's a class A misdemeanor carrying a maximum of 1 year in jail and 4000 dollars fine. He's got 10 such charges, it's already been reported that if he were found guilty of that there's nothing that prevents the court from giving him 1 year for each charge, they do NOT have to allow him to serve all the 1 years concurrently. So it would appear the lawyer you're citing is assuming they won't charge him criminally and even if they do it will just be misdemeanor and he won't get the maximum sentence.
The court won't care that he's already missed a year because wasn't in jail, if they decide to charge him, and he's found guilty, he's facing up to 10 years for the indecent assault and again just because that's what was on the search warrant it does NOT mean that's what they will end up charging him with if they charge him. At least 3 of the cases very clearly specified sexual assault which in Texas is defined as "nonconsensual penetration" that's not a misdemeanor it's a felony.
Sounds like by Friday we should know more.