>The sad thing is that when someone fakes a crime like this, it diminishes the real crimes that actually do happen.

This was a faked assault.

I don't have to check to be certain that at least one person was murdered last week in Trenton, NJ
Ditto with Camden, NJ, Phila, Pa, Chicago, Compton, etc, etc.
I'm not going out on a limb when I predict that at least one person will be murdered in each of those cities next week.

In that context, had that assault been real why in the world should I have been interested?