I don't understand how it's clear cut. Did the guy show up in court with a personal check from Watkins and an affidavit certifying the signature was genuine? Did he bring a notarized paper trail showing where the money came from?
While guys on a Buffalo Bills fan board may be familiar with the details of his contract, assuming that a judge in FL has ever heard of Watkins much less knows what his contract says is fairly ridiculous. I imagine that's why he wanted Watkins there -- to testify that he does in fact have an NFL contract, $X of liquid funds, did post the bond, etc. That's the whole point, putting someone on the hook for coming up with the money. That happens via court testimony. People here seem to think the judge's job is to investigate that in his spare time.
If you're going to post million dollar bonds for people, you just might need to show up in court. Shocking concept.