No way to tell if its real or not. People make silly demands and arguments all the time. Could be a hoax, and could easily be someone's unusual demand when they feel their time is wasted. But the chances a court would award the company money from the applicant seem non-existent in the US at least, unless some random state has a really weird law. If anything, I would expect the employer to get banged for filing a frivolous lawsuit if they brought it to court in the US.