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So, I have a friend who was recently involved in a bit of a wreck, and things got pretty complicated. Basically, he couldn't brake in time to avoid hitting the car right in front of him, so he swerved into the oncoming lane and collided with a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. There were actually five people in his car at the time, though none of them were wearing seatbelts except for the driver himself. Thankfully, there was only one minor injury—just a small cut on someone's forehead—but the aftermath turned out to be quite a headache. Because the other passengers were minors, they were terrified of getting in trouble with their parents if they told the truth, so they all agreed to tell the police that only the driver and the injured person were actually in the vehicle. The driver went along with it in the official report, and for a while, everything seemed to settle down smoothly. However, some time has passed, and now that injured individual is threatening to sue my friend for filing a false police report, essentially trying to squeeze some money out of him. It makes me wonder, is it actually possible for them to pull that off, and what kind of legal consequences would my friend be looking at here?