Renting a car sounds innocent enough, right? You show your license, sign the paperwork, and drive away thinking you’re just borrowing a car, not a set of felony charges. Wrong. Welcome to the modern clown show of rental car companies. I recently had a case where a client was charged with stealing a car from Avis. He thought it was a brilliant idea to represent himself. Newsflash: representing yourself in court is like doing your own brain surgery. It is messy, painful, and almost always ends badly. This nonsense isn’t new. Remember Hertz? I somehow recalled a little “oops” moment where they reported cars stolen that were, in fact, rented. One poor guy, just a tourist in Vegas, got the full Las Vegas moment sans the wedding chapel ceremony. Instead of meeting Elvis he met Cops at gunpoint, face in the asphalt and a vacation memory he’ll never forget! I decided to dig deeper using ChatGPT, and what I found was staggering. This wasn’t one mistake. It was practically company policy. Cleric...