L-1,
You are absolutely right. Specifics do matter.
Here are two versions of events he had presented.
V1 (presented in the affidavit). I blocked him and his fiance from accessing their washer in the basement when they went there.
V2 (presented in the courtroom). I was hanging out in the basement, him and his fiancee were afraid to go there, they had to call the police and have them extract me from the basement.
In truth, neither version occurred as all that happened was that his fiance and I were in the basement together for maybe 30 seconds and no interaction occurred - but no matter. V1 was presented a week afterwards, V2 three weeks after the date, so neither can be written off as a result of fear-induced stress and confusion.
So I would say few people would not be persuaded that one of the two times he did necessarily lie.
IMO, I would personally go with V1 if I were to design a narrative as V2 makes little sense. It would have me supposedly waiting for them to intimidate or assault them in the basement. But what if it was not their laundry night and I had to wait for a few days. Kind of makes little sense. But that is all details - what's relevant here is that I am not sure how V1 and V2 can be reconciled without one of them classified as a lie.

