You know, as a woman, I hate to say this but I can't even defend that comment. I've seen many females pull this stuff in my lifetime, and the guy doesn't have to be famous for them to do it.
Amen to that. I personally experienced a little bit of this one time a few years ago.
I was on my way to Brigham & Womens (?) Hospital. My wife had a bit of a nervous breakdown, dealing with her son (my stepson) who was dying of a brain tumor at the time, and I was hurrying in. Traffic was heavy near the hospital, I wasn't familiar with the area, and needed to cross over a couple of lanes. I was nearly a full car length ahead of a woman, my turn signal on. I admit I made an error in presuming she would let me cut in front, but no, she rushed forward and I ended up ripping her side view mirror with my rear wheel well (my SUV vs her compact). Tehcnically, I was guilty; it was apparent to me she was willing to risk damage to her vehicle just to deny letting me cut ahead of her, and consequently I was put off and dealt with her quite curtly, but that's something you just can't prove, and it WAS her lane.
Anyhow, I get a call from my insurance company later. She told them I appeared a bit intoxicated, looked like I had a few beers, that she felt like a victim of road rage. She indicated she wanted to file an injury claim. What ultimately foiled her was that insurance companies can't just do this automatically because the cost of the damage to the cars (her ripped off side mirror, no apparent damage to my car) was well below a certain threshold. There just wasn't enough damage to have caused any injury. She would have to sue to accomplish this.
It all went away pretty quickly. The damage was so minimal there was no hike in my premium. Basically, she tried to soak this minor incident for what it was worth. I wrote her a nasty letter, something along the lines of "Can you say FRAUD?", but never mailed it.
I realize it seems like I'm damning women in general, but this could just as well have been a man. Neither did this carry any aspects of extortion like Randy Moss' case, it was just a simple money grab attempt, trying to take advantage of the insurance system.
