Phone-knapped

Kevin Spacey came clean today that he falsely reported an assault in London. He claims now that he fell for a con while he was walking his dog at 4 a.m. He handed the phone over when a boy said he needed to use it, and instead the boy took off running. Spacey called the cops and reported an assault, later claiming that he was so embarrassed that he had been duped, that he thought the police would just find the kid and his cell a few blocks away.

Wouldn't it have been less embarrassing to cancel the cell plan and suck up the cost of the phone, as opposed to and later having to admit that not only were you duped by a con man, you've now lied to the police and filed a false report?