You know I was about to say what a weasel but I guess if it were us and we were in fact innocent we'd do the same.
What I will say is this: I've seen some of the worst liars and fakers get huge workers comp payouts for presenting to doctors to document their injuries which have later been proven not to have occurred anywhere near the work place.
It reeks of total *advertiser censored*se covering....even if police did apparently suggest it you can bet <modsnip> was already hip to it and would know he needed to justify those scratches as caterpillar bites etc. I can imagine how frantic he must have been Friday trying to find said caterpillars and sick them onto himself to leave bite marks. Stupid man.
Just my humble opinion. Take it or leave it