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STUART — Famed Stuart attorney Willie Gary said Friday he is the target of a $20-million extortion scheme by a woman who accused him of sexual battery. Gary said a friend of the woman called repeatedly, offering to “make the problem go away” if he paid. Gary said Stuart police are investigating the woman's claims and a counter report of his own, but he maintained he is absolutely innocent. "I am aware that some people, a group of people, have made a false claim against me involving sexual battery, and it's absolutely, positively false . . ." said the attorney,...