Just a couple of observations, I have no comment on the outcome...don't know the details, so I don't even want to go there.
1) This was not a criminal case (that was last year), so this is not a case of "innocent until proven guilty."
2) It sounds like this was a default judgment, which means the guy didn't show up in Court, not just a case of self representation. You don't show up to Court, then the Plaintiff gets everything they ask for.